Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le BrunFrench, 1755–1842Portrait of Emperor Pavel I's Daughters
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State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- 29 Aug 2026
- In this state since
- Aug 30, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
- Accession number
- ГЭ-7747
In the catalog
Sources
- State Hermitage Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 29 Aug 2026
- Image: State Hermitage Museum — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
The whole life1793–1794 · Workplace
Vienna
1795–1799
Portraits of Poniatowski and the imperial family
In Russia between 1795 and 1799 she painted the last Polish king, Stanisław Poniatowski, Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna, wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, and other members of the imperial family.
1795–1801
Catherine II is displeased with the portrait of her granddaughters
Despite her success in aristocratic circles, the mannered quality of her painting displeased Catherine II, a champion of “romantic classicism in the Roman manner”: in a letter to Baron Grimm the Empress protested that the artist had shown her granddaughters, the grand duchesses, in “monkey poses”.
1795–1802 · Residence
Saint Petersburg
