Portrait of Marie-Gabrielle de Gramont, Comtesse de Caderousse
Oil On Canvas- WallArt
- Baroque
1784- Early Modern
105.0 x 75.0 cm
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755 – 1842)
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a celebrated 18th-century French portraitist renowned for her elegant depictions of royalty and aristocracy, capturing both likeness and personality with refined Rococo-Neoclassical style.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, United States of America)
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Vigée Le Brun was among the best known women painters of the 18th century. Like the Duchesse de Caderousse, who is portrayed in this portrait, she was charming and pretty, and became a personal friend of the French Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793). In her memoirs, Le Brun recalls persuading the Duchesse not to wear powder so as to show off her ebony black hair. In her role here as a peasant girl with a basket of fruit, the Duchesse reflects the fashion of rustic simplicity introduced by Marie Antoinette herself in her model farm at Versailles, the seat of the French court.
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait of Marie-Gabrielle de Gramont, Comtesse de Caderousse
- Artist: Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
- Year: 1784
- Original dimensions: 105.0 x 75.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Period: Early Modern
- Medium type: WallArt
- Main color: Quinacridone Magenta
Quick Facts
- Title: Portrait of Marie-Gabrielle de Gramont
- Subject or theme: Rustic simplicity and portraiture
- Location: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Notable elements: Straw hat, flowers, basket of fruit
- Artist: Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
- Artistic style: Rococo with Neoclassical elements
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