Vigee Le Brun ART Page 131

ART PAGE 131

	Portrait of Joseph Caillot, the actor - 1787 Oil on Canvas, 92 x 72 cm Private Collection, Paris "He wore the uniform [of the Captain of the Hunt] and this was how I painted him, his rifle on his shoulder. So inspiring was his handsome laughing face that I managed to complete the painting in one sitting." - Letter VIII. Vigée Le Brun also painted oval pastels of Caillot's son and daughter. (Art Page 107)
	Countess D'Hunolstein - 1772 Oil on Canvas, 73 x 58 cm Hotel Drouot, Paris Aglaé De Barbentane, Comtesse D'Hunolstein, who became the mistresse of La Fayette in 1780. View another painting of Countess D'Hunolstein on Page 68.
	Louise Rosalie Dugazon - 1787 Oil on canvas, 147 x 115 cm Private Collection Louise Rosalie Dugazon in the role of "Nina" or "The Woman Crazed with Love". "She was the greatest talent the Opera-Comique ever possessed...I think I went to see Nina at least twenty times" - Vigée Le Brun The Witt Library had identified the sitter as Louise Rosalie Dugazon. We removed an engraving of this portrait in 2006 when we learned it was believed to be attributed to Antoine Vester. This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition. Presented as a new attribution.