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Head of a Young Woman (Lady Hamilton) - 1790
black chalk on wood, 10-1/2 x 14 inches
A note in French on the reverse side states the Mme. Le Brun made this drawing
on a door in the summer house (Casino) of Sir William Hamilton, British minister
to Naples, by whose order it was preserved.
"I sketched two small heads in charcoal upon one of these doors" - Vigee
Le Brun. The sketch is believed to be of Lady Hamilton.
Owner: The Earl of Warwick.
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Giovanni Paisiello - 1791
oil on canvas, 129 x 94 cm
Versailles
Giovanni Paisello was a popular composer of the 1790's. Vigee Le Brun attended
the premiere of his new opera "Nina o la pazza d'amore" at the San Carlo
Opera House in Naples in 1791. He is pictured here with the score of his
opera on the clavicord.
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Grand Duchess Elisabeth - 1795
oil on canvas, 30-3/4 x 24-3/4"
Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Elisabeth was the spouse of the
Russian tzar Alexander I. Pavlovitch.
The original is in the Collection of the Princess of Hesse Darmstadt, Castle
of Wolfsgarten. It's uncertain if the photograph shown here is the original
painting or a copy.
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