Vigee Le Brun ART Page 26

ART PAGE 26

	Count Grigory Ivanovich Tchernyshov Holding a Mask- 1793 oil on canvas, 22 x 17in, 56 x 44 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
	Monsier Landry de Saint Aubin - 1781 oil on canvas (36" x 29") Private collection
	Countess Kaganeck as Flora - 1792 oil on canvas, within a painted oval ( 29-5/8" x 24-5/8") Flora Wrbna, née Kageneck (1779-1857) was the daughter of Count Frederich Kagenek and Countess Maria Theresa Salm Reiffersheidt. More importantly she was a cousin and close friend of Prince Clemens von Metternich (1773-1859). Even though she married Count Eugene Wrbna in 1798 the couple lived in the Metternich residence where the Countess assumed the role of hostess to foreign dignitaries during the Congress of Vienna (September 1814- June 1815). As a young bride, she was the toast of society and possessed great beauty and grace. Even in this youthful portrait one can easily see these traits. Signed and dated lower left L.E. Vigée LeBrun/ á Vienne 1792 and inscribed on the reverse of the canvas Flore. Comtesse de Kagenek/ agée de 13 ans/ née le 23 septembre 1779 Offered for sale by Sotheby's New York on 23 Jan 2003. $500K to $700K. Believed to have been sold to well-known art collector, Mr. Georges Bemberg and placed it in his private museum in France.