| Comtesse de la Châtre | |
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| Artist | Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun  |
| Year | 1789 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Dimensions | 114.3 cm (45.0 in) × 87.6 cm (34.5 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Accession No. | 54.182 |
| Identifiers | The Met object ID: 437900 |
Comtesse de la Châtre is a 1789 painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1]
The portrait depicts Comtesse de la Châtre,[2] wife of the Comte de la Châtre and future wife of François Arnail de Jaucourt. She had a penchant for wearing white muslin dresses, both for daily purposes and for portraits.
The artist, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, was a French painter who painted some 600 portraits in addition to landscapes.
The work is on view at The Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 631.
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