Vigee Le Brun ART Page 170

ART PAGE 170

	Louise de Lussan d'Esparbes - 1804 oil on canvas She was married to the vicomte de Polastron, a brother of the duchesse de Polignac. As a lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette, she met Charles Philippe, the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X), and later became his mistress, during his exile in London. She died there, in 1804.
	Countess Dietrichstein - 1797-1801 Drawing Countess Alexandra Andreevna Dietrichstein, née Shouvalova von Dietrichstein, later Princess. This painting is similar in composition to the Vigée Le Brun portrait of her cousin Countess Varvara Golovina on Art Page 11. For comparison view this sculpture of Princess Dietrichstein, also with a ribbon in her hair by Thorvaldsen.
	Sophia Fries - 1794 oil on canvas National Castle Museum of Jaromerice, Czech Republic Sopie von Fries, (1769-before 1842), daughter of Count Johann von Fries and Anne von Escherny. In 1794, she married Count Heinrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz (1770-1842). Vigée Le Brun also painted her siblings, Count Moriz Fries (Art Page 148), and Countess von Schonfeld (Art Page 4)."Mlle de Fries was an excellent musician, and when I painted her portrait, I wanted to depict her as Sappho, singing and accompanying herself upon the lyre." - Chap XI View this painting at the castle