Madame Grand (Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun)

Madame Grand is a 1783 painting by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

Madame Grand
ArtistÉlisabeth Vigée Le Brun 
Year1783
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions92 cm (36 in) × 72 cm (28 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.50.135.2 
IdentifiersThe Met object ID: 437898

Early history and creation

The work is signed and dated 1783. It was exhibited by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun in the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture Salon of 1783[1] as number 117.[2]

Description and interpretation

The work depicts Madame Grand who was born in India. She later became the wife of the minister and diplomat Talleyrand. In her hand she holds a musical score.[2]

Later history and influence

The work has been exhibited in a variety of shows in more recent history, including the 1939 New York World's Fair in the "Masterpieces of Art: European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300–1800" show, at the Grand Palais, Paris in 1974–1975 in the show "De David à Delacroix: La peinture française de 1774 à 1830", and at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas in an "Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun" show in 1982. The painting is currently part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collections.[1]

References
  1. "Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Verlée, 1761–1835)". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. Baillio, Joseph; Baetjer, Katharine; Lang, Paul (2016-02-15). Vigée Le Brun. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588395818.
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