Jun 22, 2025
Comtesse de la Chatre, Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglae Bontemps
Artist: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842)
Date: 1789
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States
Description
The portrait depicts the Comtesse de la Châtre, wife of the Comte 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.
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