Isabella Teotochi Marini

1792

Not on view

Returned to lender

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

In Venice, Vigée Le Brun reestablished contact with Dominique Vivant Denon, a diplomat, engraver, and member of the Académie royale, and at his request created this revealing portrait of his mistress, Isabella Marini. Using a relaxed style for a gift to a friend, she painted the work in service of a relationship she knew to be secret, creating a portrait that would fan the ardor of its owner.

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Exhibition History

Title: Isabella Teotochi Marini
Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date: 1792
Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 19 × 13 7/8 in. (48.3 × 35.2 cm)
Frame: 25 1/4 × 20 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (64.1 × 51.1 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey (1950.243)
Curatorial Department: European Paintings