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

Madame Grand
Artist	Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Year	1783
Medium	oil paint, canvas
Dimensions	92 cm (36 in) × 72 cm (28 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.	50.135.2
Identifiers	The Met object ID: 437898
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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

На других языках

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- [en] Madame Grand (Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun)

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[fr] Madame Grand (Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun)

Madame Grand est une peinture de 1783 réalisée par la peintre française Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Elle fait partie de la collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York[1].

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[ru] Мадам Гранд

«Мадам Гранд» — картина французской художницы Элизабет Виже-Лебрен, написанная в 1783 году. В настоящее время картина находится в собрании Метрополитен-музея в Нью-Йорке[1][2].

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