Details
After MARIE LOUISE ELISABETH VIGÉE-LE BRUN (1755-1842)
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette-Josephe-Jeanne, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France (1755-1793), standing half length, wearing a red dress with fur trim and a red beret with two plumes and a lace trail
oil on canvas
36¼ x 28¾in. (92.8 x 73.3cm.)
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette-Josephe-Jeanne, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France (1755-1793), standing half length, wearing a red dress with fur trim and a red beret with two plumes and a lace trail
oil on canvas
36¼ x 28¾in. (92.8 x 73.3cm.)
Provenance
Charles Tripier-Lefranc (nephew of Vigée-Le Brun)
Mme. Tripier-Lefranc; sale, 1883
Boige, Dixmont (Yonne)
Baron Christiani, Paris
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, Detroit, by whom bequeathed to the museum in 1953
Mme. Tripier-Lefranc; sale, 1883
Boige, Dixmont (Yonne)
Baron Christiani, Paris
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, Detroit, by whom bequeathed to the museum in 1953
Literature
W. Burger, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 7, 1860, p. 356
P. de Nolhac, Vigée Lebrun 1755-1842, 1915, p. 209
Detroit Institute of Arts Bulletin, 6, 1924, no. 2, pp. 16-17, ill.
W. Heil, Old and Modern Masters, 1927, no. 82
W. Heil, The Edgar B. Whitcomb Collection in Detroit, Art in America, 16, 1928, , p. 56
W. Heil, MS Catalogue, 1931, pp. 48-50
Detroit Institute of Arts, Catalogue of the Whitcomb Gifts, 1954, p. 87
P. de Nolhac, Vigée Lebrun 1755-1842, 1915, p. 209
Detroit Institute of Arts Bulletin, 6, 1924, no. 2, pp. 16-17, ill.
W. Heil, Old and Modern Masters, 1927, no. 82
W. Heil, The Edgar B. Whitcomb Collection in Detroit, Art in America, 16, 1928, , p. 56
W. Heil, MS Catalogue, 1931, pp. 48-50
Detroit Institute of Arts, Catalogue of the Whitcomb Gifts, 1954, p. 87
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition de Tableaux de l'Ecole Française Ancienne, tirés de Collections d'Amateurs, 1860
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Loan Exhibition from Detroit Private Collections, March 22-April 4, 1926, no. 49
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, French Paintings, Dec. 2-20, 1926, no. 35
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Masterpieces of Art from European and American Collections, April-May, 1941, no. 67
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Six Centuries of Headdress, April 3-May 1, 1955, no. 14
Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, French Paintings from David to Rouault, Sept. 20-Nov. 5, 1955, no. 2
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Loan Exhibition from Detroit Private Collections, March 22-April 4, 1926, no. 49
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, French Paintings, Dec. 2-20, 1926, no. 35
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Masterpieces of Art from European and American Collections, April-May, 1941, no. 67
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Six Centuries of Headdress, April 3-May 1, 1955, no. 14
Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, French Paintings from David to Rouault, Sept. 20-Nov. 5, 1955, no. 2