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{{Infobox artwork/wikidata|qid=Q19912372|title=Comtesse de la Châtre}}
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'''''Comtesse de la Châtre''''' is a 1789 painting by [[Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun|Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]]. It is in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848)|publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437900|accessdate=}}</ref>
'''''Comtesse de la Châtre''''' is a 1789 painting by [[Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun|Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]] which is in the collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848)|publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437900|accessdate=}}</ref>

== Description ==
== Description ==
The portrait depicts Comtesse de la Châtre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/louise-elisabeth-vigee-le-brun/portrait-of-comtesse-de-la-chatre/|title=Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Portrait of Comtesse de la Châtre, 1789 {{!}} Trivium Art History|website=Trivium Art History|language=en|access-date=2017-10-28}}</ref>
The portrait depicts Comtesse de la Châtre,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/louise-elisabeth-vigee-le-brun/portrait-of-comtesse-de-la-chatre/|title=Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Portrait of Comtesse de la Châtre, 1789 {{!}} Trivium Art History|website=Trivium Art History|language=en|access-date=2017-10-28}}</ref> wife of the Compte de la Châtre and future wife of François Arnail de Jaucourt. She had a penchant for wearing white muslin dresses, both for daily purposes and for portraits.

The artist, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, was a French painter who painted some 600 portraits in addition to landscapes.

The work is on view at The Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 631.


==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*https://marie-antoinettequeenoffrance.blogspot.com/2008/12/femme-of-week-comtesse-de-la-chtre.html
*https://marie-antoinettequeenoffrance.blogspot.com/2008/12/femme-of-week-comtesse-de-la-chtre.html

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Comtesse de la Châtre
ArtistÉlisabeth Vigée Le Brun Edit this on Wikidata
Year1789
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions114.3 cm (45.0 in) × 87.6 cm (34.5 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
CollectionMetropolitan Museum of Art Edit this on Wikidata
Accession No.54.182 Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersThe Met object ID: 437900

Comtesse de la Châtre is a 1789 painting by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1]

Description

The portrait depicts Comtesse de la Châtre,[2] wife of the Compte de la Châtre and future wife of François Arnail de Jaucourt. She had a penchant for wearing white muslin dresses, both for daily purposes and for portraits.

The artist, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, was a French painter who painted some 600 portraits in addition to landscapes.

The work is on view at The Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 631.

References

  1. ^ "Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848)". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. ^ "Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Portrait of Comtesse de la Châtre, 1789 | Trivium Art History". Trivium Art History. Retrieved 2017-10-28.

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