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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

The Meuse Valley with a village and figures

Auction Closed

January 31, 03:58 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Paris 1755 - 1842

The Meuse Valley with a village and figures


Pastel on blue paper

inscribed and dated by the artist on a sheet of paper attached to the backing: Moulin Godard et ... vus du sud 6 8bre 1826

5 ½ by 7 in.; 140 by 178 mm (sight size)

The artist's estate;

Caroline de Rivière (1793-1807);

Private collection.

N. Jeffares, "Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun," Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, London 2006, online edition [http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/VigeeLeBrun.pdf], accessed 31 May 2023, cat. no. J.76.58, reproduced.

Paris, Grand Palais, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 2015, cat. no. 160