Artwork Info: The Duchesse de Berry in a Blue Velvet Dress

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The Duchesse de Berry in a Blue Velvet Dress

1824
136.0 x 106.0 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.

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.