Anne-Dorothée, Duchesse de Courlande

1790s

Vivant Denon

Associated Names
Vivant Denon

Artist, French, 1747 - 1825

The image shows a portrait of a person with the focus on the head and torso. The individual is facing slightly to the left, looking towards the viewer. The person has delicate facial features and curly hair styled with a ribbon or headband. They are wearing a garment with an intricate design, featuring a V-neck and a buckle detail at the waist. The portrait is enclosed in a circular frame on a plain background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26 x 20 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
    plate: 15.1 x 13 cm (5 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.71.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chu 1988, no. 142

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased by NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Chu, Petra ten-Doesschate. Dominique Vivant Denon. French Masters of the nineteenth century. The Illustrated Bartsch, vol 121, 2 parts. New York, 1988, no. 142.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in purple pencil: 47

Wikidata ID

Q76560440

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