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Portrait of a Young Woman
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French
Not on view
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.
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