Vigee Le Brun ART Page 58

ART PAGE 58

	Countess Esterhazy-Plettenberg - date? oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm, Oval Budapest
	Marie Renée Louise de Fouquet - 1786 oil on canvas, 54.5 x 45 cm Private collection, France Born March 17, 1778. Great Niece of one of Vigée Le Brun's most prominent sitters, the controller General, Charles Alexandre de Calonne (Art Page 40, 137). Fled France in 1792 with her family and returned in 1803. The painting remains with the sitter's family. A copy of this portrait exists with a flower in her hair, and was once attributed to Grueze's pupil, Mlle Ledoux. View another image of this portrait. Reference Kimbell Exhibition Catalog Number 23 for more details. This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition.
	Countess Valois de Valmar - 1780 oil on canvas, 29-1/2 x 23- 1/2 in, 74.5 x 60 cm Portrait of Jeanne de Valois, Comtesse de La Motte (née Mlle de Saint-Rémy), mistress to Cardinal Louis René Édouard de Rohan. Her brother Saint-Rémy and herself were recognised by the King and the Queen, and given the name and title of "Valois," from the [extinct?] line of baron de Valois, a bastard of Henri II. La Motte and Cardinal de Rohan were behind the Necklace Affair that embarrassed Marie Antoinette in 1785, so VLB may have intentionally left the sitter off her list of paintings. Additional information on the sitter. View the June 2017 Sotheby's Paris portrait information.