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Caroline Murat, later Queen of Naples, and Her Daughter

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French

1807

Not on view

Caroline Murat (1782–1839) and her daughter Letizia posed for this state portrait, commissioned for the Palais des Tuileries. Vigée Le Brun found Napoleon’s sister difficult to deal with: “The interval between sessions was so long that she had sometimes changed her hairstyle . . . so that I was obliged to scrape off the hair I had painted around the face.” Caroline wears a diadem and a richly embroidered court gown with a belt of pearls and cameos.

Caroline Murat, later Queen of Naples, and Her Daughter, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Caroline Murat, later Queen of Naples, and Her Daughter

Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)

Date: 1807

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 85 1/4 × 56 1/2 in. (216.5 × 143.5 cm)
Frame: 93 11/16 × 64 13/16 × 3 15/16 in. (238 × 164.6 × 10 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (MV 4712)

Accession Number: SL.1.2016.52.6

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