Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun

Provenance

Collection of the subject, Charles Sapey and his wife, Angélique-Eulalie Boby, Paris
to their oldest daughter
Marie-Caroline Sapey (1821-1905), wife of Henry-Pierre Flambart de La Croix (1814-1885)
presumably to their daughter, Marie-Charlotte-Jeanne Flambart de La Croix (c. 1842-1923), wife of baron Louis-Benoît-Pierre Bigot de La Touanne (1837-1887)
by inheritance to Madame Bigot de la Touanne, née Thibault, Paris and Lamotte-Beuvron
by inheritance to Baronne André Brenier, née Renée Lahoux (or Lehoux), Paris
by inheritance or gift to a private collection
acquired in 1987 by the Galerie Maurice Segoura, Paris, from whom acquired by a private collector, Canada, thence by descent to the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, nr. 62

Other works by Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-Lebrun

Madame Vigée Le Brun and Her Daughter, Jeanne-Lucie, Called Julie
1789

G.A. Stroganov
1793

Portrait of the artist, bust-length
1794

Empress Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
1778

Portrait of La maréchale-comtesse de Mailly, née Blanche Charlotte Marie Félicité de Narbonne Pelet (1761-1840)
1783