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Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland - 1791
Ohil on canvas, 39 x 29.5 in.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland later Countess of Mornington.
This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition.

Marguerite Baudard de St. James-1796
Marguerite Baudard de St James, Marquise de Puysegur
Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 29.25 in
Gift of Mrs. Fred J. Fisher
Presented with the permission of The Snite Museum of Art,
University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana

Comtesse de La Châtre - 1789
oil on canvas, 45 x 34 1/2 in (114.3 x 87.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift from Jessie Woolworth Donahue, 1954
Comtesse de La Châtre, née Marie Louise Perrette Aglae Bontemps, later Marquise de Jaucourt (1762-1848).
Despite the political situation that forced Vigee Le Brun left Paris in October 1789, she completed 37 paintings that year. This portrait appears on her list as "Madame de la Chartre. The 27 year old sitter had married Claude Louis, Comte de la Chartre, in 1778. Her father was "premier Valet de chambre" to Louis XV. Her uncle was the financier Nicolas Beaujon (Art Page 105), whom Vigée Le Brun painted twice in 1784. Marie Louise later divorced her first husband and married Francois Annail de Jaucourt (1757-1852).
Reference Kimbell Exhibition Catalog Number 29 for more details.


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