Madame du Barry, 1782

Inscription

lower right: L. Vigée LeBrun, 1782; reverse: Presented by the Empress Eugenie to Earl Sydney in memory of her son, the Prince Imperial, to whom it belonged

Provenance

William A. Clark [1839-1925]; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Exhibition History

1978

The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April-16 July 1978, unnumbered catalogue.

1983

The Rococo Age: French Masterpieces of the Eighteenth Century, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1983, no. 36, repro.

2001

Antiquities to Impressionism: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 November 2001-4 February 2002, unnumbered cat., repro.

Bibliography

1980

Baillio, Joseph. "Identification de quelques portraits d'anonymes de Vigée Le Brun au Etats-Unis". Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6th per., no. 96 (November 1980): 158 fig. 3, 159-160, 167 n. 8.

1981

Michel, Marianne Roland. "A Note on a Portrait of Madame du Barry." In Fenway Court [ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 1980 Annual Report]. (1981): 21, fig. 3.

1992

Zafran, Eric M. Madame du Barry de Versailles à Louveciennes. Paris, 1992: 140, 146-147, repros.

2011

Bailey, Colin B. Fragonard's Progress of Love at The Frick Collection. New York and London, 2011: 53, fig. 35.

2021

Smee, Sebastian. "A portrait that portends scandal, intrigue, and, ultimately, the guillotine." The Washington Post.(14 November 2021): E11, repro.

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