Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexyevna
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.While in Russia, Vigée Le Brun painted five portraits of the Grand Duchess (1779–1826), of which this one, intended for the sitter’s mother, has remained the property of the Grand Duchess’s descendants. As described by the artist, the subject’s “features were fine and regular, her face a perfect oval; her beautiful complexion . . . had a paleness altogether in harmony with the expression on her face.” She wears a muslin dress and a scarf that twists around her head and under her chin.
Artwork Details
- Title: Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexyevna
- Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
- Date: 1797
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 30 3/4 × 26 3/8 in. (78 × 67 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Hessische Hausstiftung, Kronberg (WO B 8012)
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings