Vigée Le Brun: Only a Teenager, and Already a Prodigy

Result EUR28,260

Published on 17 September 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 04 September 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 21, avenue Pierre-Larousse - 89000 Auxerre

This lively portrait by Marie-Antoinette's (future) favorite painter was set off by a gleaming, highly original Japanese-style silver tea service.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), Portrait de Monsieur Jean-Baptiste Coulon,... Vigée Le Brun: Only a Teenager, and Already a Prodigy

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), Portrait de Monsieur Jean-Baptiste Coulon, seigneur de la Grange-aux-Bois (1731-1808), 1774, pastel on paper mounted on oval canvas, signed and dated, 59.5 x 46 cm/23.4 x 18.1 in.
Result: €28,260

€28,260 was the fine score achieved by this highly anticipated oval pastel after a high estimate of €15,000—with good reason, as Portrait de Monsieur Jean-Baptiste Coulon, seigneur de la Grange-aux-Bois (1731-1808) is one of…

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Sunday 04 September 2022 - 14:00 (CEST)

21, avenue Pierre-Larousse - 89000 Auxerre

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