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Countess Ekaterina Vasilievna Skavronskaya

1790
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
As Vigée Le Brun recalled Countess Skavronskaya (1761–1829): “She was utterly idle all day, she had no education, and her conversation was quite empty. But in spite of all that, thanks to her lovely face and her angelic sweetness, she had an incomparable charm.” In this splendid portrait, the sitter gazes at an oval case that must have contained a miniature portrait of her husband.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Countess Ekaterina Vasilievna Skavronskaya
  • Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
  • Date: 1790
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 53 1/8 × 37 3/8 in. (135 × 95 cm)
    Frame: 65 3/8 × 48 7/16 in. (166 × 123 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Institut de France, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris (MJAP-P 578)
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings