Tatyana Borisovna Potemkina

1820

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Suffering from lung disease, Madame Potemkina (1797–1869), accompanied by her husband, left Russia to seek medical treatment abroad. They visited England, Switzerland, and Italy, and in Paris she posed for Vigée Le Brun. The painter suggests the sitter’s reserve and withdrawal, qualities reinforced by the atmospheric background.

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Exhibition History

Title: Tatyana Borisovna Potemkina
Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date: 1820
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41 3/4 × 31 7/8 in. (106 × 81 cm)
Frame: 49 5/8 × 39 3/8 in. (126 × 100 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Private collection
Curatorial Department: European Paintings