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Duchesse de Guiche

1794
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Vigée Le Brun spent the worst period of the Reign of Terror (1893–94) in Vienna, where news of the imprisonments and executions in France plunged the émigré community into mourning. There she painted the duchesse de Guiche (1768–1803), a royalist born at the château of Versailles who would later serve the comte d’Artois in his efforts to restore the Bourbon monarchy. Using a muted palette, the artist captures the melancholy air of a young woman watching the world of her childhood vanish.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Duchesse de Guiche
  • Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
  • Date: 1794
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 22 1/2 × 18 1/8 in. (57 × 46 cm)
    Frame: 29 15/16 × 24 in. (76 × 61 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Private collection
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun - Duchesse de Guiche - The Metropolitan Museum of Art