Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842). <em>Portrait of Countess Maria Theresia Czernin</em>, 1793. Oil on canvas, 54 × 39 in. (137.2 × 99.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, A. Augustus Healy, Helen Babbott MacDonald, Charles H. Schieren, and L.L. Themal, by exchange

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Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842). Portrait of Countess Maria Theresia Czernin, 1793. Oil on canvas, 54 × 39 in. (137.2 × 99.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, A. Augustus Healy, Helen Babbott MacDonald, Charles H. Schieren, and L.L. Themal, by exchange , 2018.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2018.53_cropped_PS22.jpg)

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Portrait of Countess Maria Theresia Czernin

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

European Art

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of Maria Theresia Czernin, wife of the art collector Count Johann Rudolf Czernin, while living in exile in Vienna after the French Revolution. The Countess is shown paging through the Voyage of Anacharsis, a fictional travel account published in 1787–88 that describes the customs and culture of ancient Greece. Prominently featured in this portrait (and several others by the artist), the book reflects the then-widespread interest in antiquity, and a sitter who wished to be portrayed as engaged in classical scholarship.

ARTIST Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, French, 1755–1842

MEDIUM Oil on canvas

DATES 1793

DIMENSIONS 54 × 39 in. (137.2 × 99.1 cm) frame: 64 × 49 1/4 × 5 in. (162.6 × 125.1 × 12.7 cm) (show scale)

SIGNATURE Signed and dated center right: L. E. Vigée-Le Brun/ A. Vienne/ 1793

COLLECTIONS European Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 2018.53

CREDIT LINE Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, A. Augustus Healy, Helen Babbott MacDonald, Charles H. Schieren, and L.L. Themal, by exchange

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CAPTION Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842). Portrait of Countess Maria Theresia Czernin, 1793. Oil on canvas, 54 × 39 in. (137.2 × 99.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, A. Augustus Healy, Helen Babbott MacDonald, Charles H. Schieren, and L.L. Themal, by exchange , 2018.53 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2018.53_cropped_PS22.jpg)

IMAGE 2018.53_cropped_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024

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