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Comtesse de Ségur

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French

1785

Not on view

The countess (1756–1828) shared in the work of her husband, a diplomat, historian, and supporter of the American War of Independence. With her lips parted in a smile, she here abandons the mask of impassivity traditionally embraced by courtiers.

This luminous, subtly painted image is in the new style Vigée Le Brun adopted after she saw Peter Paul Rubens’s Presumed Portrait of Susanne Lunden.

Comtesse de Ségur, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Comtesse de Ségur

Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)

Date: 1785

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 28 3/4 in. (92 × 73 cm)
Frame: 48 7/16 × 40 13/16 × 3 15/16 in. (123 × 103.7 × 10 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (MV 5962)

Accession Number: SL.1.2016.52.3

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