Portrait of a Young Woman
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The unidentified Russian sitter is depicted as if in motion, as suggested by the diagonals of her posture and flowing hair. She wears a straw bonnet with a feather and a gauze scarf that is reminiscent of French hats of the 1780s.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of a Young Woman
- Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1797
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 32 3/8 × 27 3/4 in. (82.2 × 70.5 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Robert Dawson Evans Collection (17.3256)
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings