Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755 1842), Follower Of, Portrait Of Madame Savalette De Magnanville

French schoolFrench 18th century, follower of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755 1842)
Portrait of Savalettede Magnanville
Oil oncanvas

Dimension:65 x 54 cm
Dimension withframe : 75 x 65 cm

Rentoilage early19th century

Frame ingilded and carved wood, stamped Antoine Levert maitrein Paris in 1774. You can findsome frames identical to the one shown.
The last photo shows the painting executed by Mme Lebrun in 1776 inPastel which is currently conserved at the Domaine de Marly. In that year, she produced 41paintings (youthful works), including this portrait of Madame Savalette deMagnanville.

This young womanwoman is shown in a pink silk dress, softened by a bouilloné of whitewhite gauze at the arms and around the décolleté. The décolleté andand powdered hair are veiled in light chiffon, whose shimmering, variegateddifferent, shimmering patterns.A bright blue bow and a small tuft of bluish-mauve lilacbluish-mauve lilacs add to the subtle harmony of the ensemble.of the delicately drawn facial features and the graceful curlsthe graceful curls framing the neck.

LE MODELE

As evidenced by her portrait and everything we knowabout the other members of this family, Antoinette Savalette de Magnanvillebelonged to the elegant and brilliant society of the late 18th century,a society devoted to the arts, which Madame Vigée Le Brun frequented and painted. Whoare the Savalettes de Magnanville? They belonged to a dynasty ofmustard-makers already known under Louis XIV. Sébastien Mercier cites them in 1775 in his comedyin his comedy La brouette des moutardiers: "...it's not such a bad trade,Savalette and Lecomte made their fortune there...Madame de Magnaville married Marc Antoine Dupleix duPernan in 1766