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Marquise de Puységur

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French

1786

Not on view

Using red and golden browns in a painting both pastoral and Neoclassical in inspiration, Vigée Le Brun presents the marquise (1766–1837) as a milkmaid. She wears a straw hat and a tightly cinched bodice over a chemise, with a wide skirt. She leans on an earthenware amphora beside a wellhead. Her powdered hair confers maturity beyond her twenty years.

Marquise de Puységur, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris), Oil on wood — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Marquise de Puységur

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

Date: 1786

Medium: Oil on wood

Dimensions: 41 1/2 × 29 1/4 in. (105.4 × 74.3 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Gift of Mrs. Fred J. Fisher (1951.004.015)

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