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ART PAGE 83

Catherine, Comtesse Litta - 1798-1801?
oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm,
Countess Ecaterina Skavronskaya, whom vlb painted in 1790 (Art Page 37 and Art Page 64), and in 1796 (Art Page 17), was widowed in 1793, and married Count Litta in 1798. Attributed to Vigée Le Brun. For some reason this painting is called "La Malicieuse" ("The Vicious One"). Vigee Le Brun had said the sitter was an excellent person.

Dauphin Louis XVII - 1789
oil on canvas
Musee Leblanc-Duvernoy, Auxerre, France
Attributed to Vigee Le Brun. Le Dauphin Louis Charles jouant à painted with a yo - yo which is also known as a l'émigrette. According to yo-yo experts this may be the first painting that includes a yo-yo. The modern yo-yo was introduced at about this time. View another image of this painting.

A woman - ?
oil on canvas

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