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Marie Antoinette - 1776-77
oil on canvas
This painting belonged to the Comtesse de Biron in 1931.
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Comtess de Simiane - 1783
oil on canvas, 28-3/8" x 23-1/4"
Diane Adelaide de Damas D'Antigny, Comtess de Simiane. "...in 1783, I received a visit from M. de La Lafayette; he came to my house
for the sole purpose of seeing a portrait I was painting of the pretty Mme
de Simiane, whom they say he was taking care of at the time..."Vigée
Le Brun
She married Charles Francois Comte de Simiane and had an affair with Lafayette.
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Princess Maria Josefa Hermenegilde von Esterhazy,
as Ariadne - 1793
oil on canvas, 87 x 62-5/8 in
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
Portrait of the 25 year-old Princess Maria Josefa Hermenegilde von Esterhazy (1768-1845), a daughter of Prince Franz Josef I of Liechtenstein. Vigee Le Brun painted this while staying in Vienna in 1793. This picture marked the artist's departure from Rococo painting.
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