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Madame Elisabeth de France - 1782
Oil on Canvas, 71 x 54 cm, ,Versailles
Madame Elisabeth, Elisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France, Louis XVI's sister was born on 19 may 1764 and she was guillotined on 20 may 1794. View a large image of this portrait.
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Mme d'Espeuilles - 1776
oil on canvas
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. [where it is identified as Mme de Espeveuil]. Photo from Witt Library [where it was identified as Duchesse de Guiche]. Elisabeth de Lachatre, second wife of Comte de Jaucourt.
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Madame Victoire de France - 1791
oil on canvas, 30.4 x 25.5 inches, (77.2 x 64.8 cm)
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
Louise Marie Therese Victoire (1733 - 1799) was the seventh child of Louis
XV and his Polish consort, Marie Leczynska, was born at Versailles. A gifted
musician, she participated in the musical salon organized in the early 1760's
by her older sister Adelaide. The seven year old Mozart performed at the
same salon and he dedicated a sonata to Victoire. Without concern for themselves,
she and Adelaide nursed their father through his final and very contagious
illness. Their nephew the Dauphin ascended the throne as Louis the XVI. Vigee
Le Brun painted Madame Victoire's sister, Madame
Adelaide on Art Page 67 the same year. The sisters had fled France at the beginning
of the revolution, and Vigee Le Brun painted them in Rome. This impressive
portrait (painting detail) hangs in the galleries
of the Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona next to a 1787 portrait of Madame Adelaide by Vigee
Le Brun's femal rival, Labille-Guiard. An interesting detail: the bow on
the bonnet of the princess is duplicated in a carving at the top of the oval
frame. It is possible that this frame may have been made by a relative of
Vigee Le Brun's, a frame maker. This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition.
Reference Kimbell Exhibition Catalog Number 35 for more details.
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