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Countess Anna Potocka

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French

1791

Not on view

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.

Countess Anna Potocka, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris), Oil on canvas — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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

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