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Mme de Fougeret - 1774
oil on canvas
Charlotte d'Outremont, daughter
of a Conseiller au Grand Conseil, who in 1770 married Jean de Fougeret
(guillotined 1794), receveur general des Finances du comte de Bourgogne .
Owners of Chateau-Renard (Loiret) they had three daughters; one of them,
comtesse Angelique de Maussion (1772-1851), wrote Rescapes de Thermidor.
The sitter was identified based on an engraving of Mme de
Fougeret. After the Terror, she turned to charity work, and had an engraving
made to represent her in publications. The Vigee Le Brun portrait (made more than 20 years earlier) was used as the model for the face in the engraving.
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Madame Elisabeth - 1782?
Oil on Canvas, "
Palace of Versailles, France
Élisabeth Philippine Marie Héléne de France (3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), sister of King Louis XVI of France. Tamas Strakovits of Budapest, Hungary provided an image of the Versailles painting.
For years we have had only the image of a miniature (oval, 5.5" x 4.25) derived from the Versailles portrait of Madame Elisabeth, the sister of Louis XVI. Vigee Le Brun did not paint miniatures, so this is likely copy after her work.
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A Russian Artist - ?
Chalk and Grey wash
Drawing of a young Russian artist
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