Lot Essay
After the oil painting of Marie-Antoinette, shown at three-quarter length, exhibited at the Salon of 1783 (J. Baillio et al., Vigée Le Brun, New Haven and London, 2016, no. 17, ill.).
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Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, half-length, in a blue dress holding a pink rose
Details
After Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (French, 1755-1842)
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, half-length, in a blue dress holding a pink rose
pastel on paper laid down on canvas
39 x 29 ½ in. (99 x 75 cm.), oval
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, half-length, in a blue dress holding a pink rose
pastel on paper laid down on canvas
39 x 29 ½ in. (99 x 75 cm.), oval
Provenance
La vie de château collection Jean-Louis Remilleux; sold Christie's, Paris, 28-29 September 2015, lot 118, where acquired by the present owner.
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Celia Harvey