Vigée Le Brun's Home Page | Index to Art Pages | Vigée Le Brun's Gallery ART PAGE 51 Philippe Henri, Marquis de Ségur - 1789 oil on panel Versailles Lived 1724-1801, appointed minister of war in 1780, maréchal de France in 1783. Marquise de Montesson - 1779 oil on canvas Charlotte-Jeanne Beraud de la Haye, marquise de Monteson (1738-1806) lived in a big beautiful private mansion in Chaussee d Antin street where from 1785, she received her friends intellectuals, artists or comedians. She enjoyed theater and wrote one play. She finally married with Duke of Orleans the father of Philippe duc de Chartres. Mme de Montesson spent time in chateau du Raincy, near Paris, and she had sympathy for the liberal ideas. View other images of Mme Montesson on Page 159 and Page 168 . Giambattista Viotti - 1805 oil on canvas "..shortly after my arrival in England...I went to stay with Mrs. Chinnery in Gilwell, where I met the celebrated Viotti [the famous violinist]".Vigée Le Brun Vigée Le Brun's Home Page | Index to Art Pages | Vigée Le Brun's Gallery