Terms and conditions of use
Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Mademoiselle de Brionne, as Diana
(c. 1775)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
34.0 × 26.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was trained by her artist father, Louis Vigée. After his death, the teenaged Vigée Le Brun supported her family by painting portraits for the aristocracy. Her exceptional skill at achieving a flattering likeness won her the attention in 1778 of Marie Antoinette herself, who became her most eminent patron. This portrait of Anne Charlotte de Lorraine Elbeuf (1755–86), is one of the early portraits on which Vigée Le Brun built her reputation. It was presumably commissioned by the sitter’s ambitious mother, the Comtesse de Brionne, who vigorously promoted Anne Charlotte at court and aspired to make a grand match for her.
Artwork Details
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
arrows costumes (character dress) crescents (motifs) Diana (Roman deity) hairstyles half figures nobles (aristocrats) women (female humans)