Now On View in our European Art gallery: Elisabeth Vigée Le BrunThis recently acquired portrait by E

Now On View in our European Art gallery: Elisabeth Vigée Le BrunThis recently acquired portrait by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun—a celebrated and successful woman in the male-dominated late eighteenth-century art world—is now on view at the Brooklyn Museum. After the Revolution in 1789 Vigée Le Brun left France for twelve years, supporting herself through commissions like this vivid portrait of Countess Maria Theresia Czernin that she painted while living in Vienna. The Countess, who may have wanted to emphasize her interest in classical scholarship, is shown holding open a well-known book about ancient Greece. ⁠⁠Posted by Shea SpillerElisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842). Portrait of Countess Maria Theresia Czernin, 1793. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, A. Augustus Healy, Helen Babbott MacDonald, Charles H. Schieren, and L.L. Themal, by exchange , 2018.53 ⁠ -- source link

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