Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (1749–1793) (after Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun)
French School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1885 - 1925
Materials
Watercolour on ivory, metal, glass and ebonised wood
Measurements
65 mm (Diameter)131 mm (H)125 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246552
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchesse de Polignac (1749–1793) (after Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun), French School, c.1885-1925. Circular. Half-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, glancing to the right, wearing a white dress with gathered bodice and frills with a pink wide-brimmed hat with veil and ostrich plume. Blue eyes, powdered hair. Blue-grey wash background.
Marks and inscriptions
Duchesse de Polignac (inscribed on handwritten label on reverse)
Makers and roles
French School, miniaturist after Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (Paris 1755 – Paris 1842)., artist