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Countess Anna Potocka

1791
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Countess Potocka (1758–1814) had been widowed, divorced, and remarried by age thirty-three, and she would wed again in 1803. Vigée Le Brun doubtless painted her enterprising client comfortably seated indoors but introduced a fictional rock to support her. The imaginary landscape reveals a theater of cascades reminiscent of Tivoli, where the painter had recently created pastel drawings en plein air.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Countess Anna Potocka
  • Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
  • Date: 1791
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 55 7/8 × 49 5/8 in. (142 × 126 cm)
    Frame: 68 5/16 × 61 13/16 × 4 5/16 in. (173.5 × 157 × 11 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Private collection
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings