Vigee Le Brun ART Page 81

ART PAGE 81

	Francesco di Borbone - 1790 oil on canvas, 48-3/8 x 35-3/4 in, 123 x 92 cm Museo Gallerie National, Naples. Francesco di Borbone (1777-1830) was the son of Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and Queen Maria Caroline of Austria, sister of Marie Antoinette. Francesco became King of Naples in 1825. His oldest daughter was the firey Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870) painted in 1828. In 1790 at the request of the Queen, Vigée le Brun agreed to delay her departure from Naples in order to paint Prince Francesco and his three sisters Maria Theresa (soon to be Empress of Austria), Maria Louisa (later Grand Duchess of Tuscany) and Maria Christina (Later Queen of Sardinia). Reference Kimbell Exhibition Catalog Number 32 for more details.
	La Vicoumtesse de Virieu - 1779 oil on canvas
	Princess Louise Radziwill Hohenzollern - 1801 Pastel, Completed in Berlin This was a study for the oil on canvas version on art page 23 that she completed after returning to Paris. Princess Frederica Louisa Dorothea Philippine Radziwill, née Hohenzollern (1770-?), wife of Prince Anton Heinrich Radziwill (1775-1833). A Prussian Princess, she was the niece of Frederick the Great (Frederick II) (lived 1712-86, reigned 1740-86), and cousin of Frederick William II (lived 1744-97, reigned 1786-97) and his son Frederick William III (lived 1770-1840, reigned 1797-1840). She was married at a young age to Prince Radziwill.