Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Mademoiselle Roland (1760?–1816), an actress of stunning beauty, bewitched the rising politician Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, and with him had five children before they married in 1794. Their descendants include Queen Elizabeth II.
Vigée Le Brun was fascinated by the courtesans whose magnetism she so adeptly captured. She depicts the graceful and sensual Hyacinthe as a woman capable of taking center stage.
Vigée Le Brun was fascinated by the courtesans whose magnetism she so adeptly captured. She depicts the graceful and sensual Hyacinthe as a woman capable of taking center stage.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland
- Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
- Date: 1791
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 39 × 29 1/2 in. (99 × 74.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, Bequest Fund of Henry Williams in memory of H.K.S. Williams (1991.29)
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings