The Duchesse de Berry in a Blue Velvet Dress
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The duchesse de Berry (1798–1870), by birth a princess of Naples, was the widowed mother of the eventual heir to the French throne. Her portrait suggests the exaltation of a young woman who identified with the heroines of Sir Walter Scott. The portraitist staged her against a threatening sky, her scarf swept away by the wind.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Duchesse de Berry in a Blue Velvet Dress
- Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
- Date: 1824
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 39 3/8 × 29 1/2 in. (100 × 75 cm)
Frame: 53 3/8 × 41 9/16 × 5 7/8 in. (135.5 × 105.5 × 15 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Private collection
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings