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Comte Jules de Polignac - 1788
oil on canvas, 40 x 32-1/2 in
The sitter was Auguste Jules Armand Marie (1780-1847), second son of the duc and duchesse de Polignac, who became comte in 1817, and in 1820 was made prince by Pope Pius VII. He served as prime minister of Charles X.

A Woman - 1831
oil on canvas, 80x65cm
Hermitage, St. Petersburgh
Purchased in 1936 by the State Purchasing Committee. One reference suggests this may be Lèontin de Rivière, the daughter of Vigee Le Brun's niece, Caroline Rivière.

Portrait of a Woman - ?
Drawing
Musee de Atger, University of Medicine, France.


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