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Portrait of Countess Yekaterina Skavronskaya

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Vigée-Le Brun painted three portraits of Skavronskaya in Naples, including this three-quarter length portrait. The countess leans slightly on the arm of the sofa and has a languid and dreamy appearance. The use of color in the work is subdued, with rich shades of blue and green predominating. The
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Vigée-Lebrun described the sitter as "sweet and beautiful like an angel.(...) She did nothing all day, she had no education and her conversation was mostly empty. But despite all this, she had an invincible charm, thanks to her pretty face and angelic softness."
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young woman looks at a miniature in her hand that most likely contains a portrait of her husband. The letters of their first names (C and P) are on the back.
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During one of her travels through important European cities, Vigée-Le Brun met once again the countess, who was now a widow, in
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135 cm × 95 cm (53 in × 37 in)
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Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France
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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Oil on canvas
Musée Jacquemart-André
Paris
Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Musée Jacquemart-André
Paris
Yekatarina Skavronskaya
Kingdom of Naples
Saint Petersburg
Louvre
"Catalogue entry"
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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
Marie Antoinette with a Rose
Madame Grand
Marie Antoinette and Her Children
Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan
Comtesse de la Châtre
Portrait of Countess Yekaterina Skavronskaya
Portrait of Princess Maria Christina
Portrait of Countess Yekaterina von Engelhardt
The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter (Lemoine)
Julie Le Brun
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun
Louis Vigeé

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