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DiaporamaCountess Varvara Nikolayevna Golovina
1800
84.0 x 67.0 cm
Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun (? – ?)
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) was a leading portraitist of 18th-century French aristocracy, famed for her elegant depictions of Marie Antoinette and other prominent figures. Her Rococo and Neoclassical style captured both likeness and personality with refined beauty.
Vigée Le Brun observed that Countess Golovina (1766–1821) “was always on the lookout for the literary news from Europe, which, I believe, was known at her house as soon as it was in Paris.” The sitter is cloaked in a large red stole, as if protecting herself from the rigors of the Russian winter. Perhaps the most original work of the artist’s Russian period, the portrait recalls La Frileuse (Winter) by Jean Antoine Houdon, a bronze version of which is reproduced here.
About this artwork
- Title: Countess Varvara Nikolayevna Golovina
- Artist: Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun
- Year: 1800
- Original dimensions: 84.0 x 67.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Color hue: Amber to Saffron
- Color intensity: Balanced
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