Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun (artist) French, 1755 - 1842 The Marquise de Pezay and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Two Sons, 1787 oil on canvas Overall: 123.4 x 155.9 cm (48 9/16 x 61 3/8 in.) framed: 177.8 x 203.2 x 19.1 cm (70 x 80 x 7 1/2 in.) Gift of the Bay Foundation in memory of Josephine Bay Paul and Ambassador Charles Ulrick Bay 1964.11.1

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Probably commissioned by Natalie Victurnienne, Marquise de Rougé [d. 1828], one of the sitters; by inheritance to her younger son, Adrien Gabriel Victurnien, Comte de Rougé [d.1838]; by inheritance to Armel Jean Victurnien, Comte de Rougé [d. 1898]; by inheritance to Fernand, Comte de Rougé, Paris and Château de Saint-Symphorien, Manche, until at least 1914; by inheritance to Jean, Comte de Rougé [d. 1960]; by inheritance to his nephew, Charles Edouard de Miramon-Pesteils.[1] (Wildenstein & Co., London, New York, and Paris); Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation, New York; gift 1964 to NGA.

[1]See Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 1755-1842, Exh. cat. written by Joseph Baillio, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1982, no. 24

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• Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

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