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Mme Giuseppina Grassini - 1804-05
oil on canvas, 54.5 x 42.5 inches
Opera singer Mme Giuseppina Grassini (1773-1850). Vigee Le Brun painted Mme Grassini
three times in London in 1804-05 (3 Mme Grassini; two in oriental costume,
one large the other small, and another half-length) and three upon returning
to Paris (3 Portraits of Mme Grassini; one to the knee, the third with one
hand showing). This is one of the London portraits. Another of the London
paintings is included at this site, Giuseppina Grassini
- 1805 in the role of Zaire on art page 43.
One of the Paris paintings is also included at this site,
Giuseppina Grassini - 1805-07 ("one hand showing")
on art page 90. This painting was sold at
auction by Sotheby's in May 1998. Grassini was famed both for her incredible
voice as well as her dramatic abilities. She later went to France and became
mistress to Napoleon. |
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Viscount Dalmeny, later 4th Earl Rosebery - 1803-05
oil on canvas, 24-1/2 x 18 inches
Dalmeny House, Edinburgh, Scotland
Archibald Primrose, Viscount Dalmeny, later 4th Earl Rosebery, lived
1783-1868. |
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Isabella Lubomirska - 1793
Oil on canvas Lviv National Art Gallery. Lviv, Ukraine View the museum plate. View a detail and alternate image of the portrait. The Museum windows and lighting presented callenges to getting a direct image of the portrait. Images and information provided by Dina Bernardin in Lviv, Ukraine. |
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