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Self-Portrait in Traveling Costume<\/em> by \u00c9lisabeth Louise Vig\u00e9e Le Brun<\/p><\/div>\n

On Wednesday, January 31st, both Christie\u2019s and Sotheby\u2019s hosted a series of sales centered on Old Masters. While these sales mostly did not perform as well as expected, the one exception was the first sale of the day, entitled <\/span>A Scholar Collects<\/span><\/em>. This sale was dedicated to the collection of Joseph Baillio, a prominent art historian and specialist in eighteenth-century French art. Baillio\u2019s collection reflected his specialization, consisting mainly of sketches, drawings, and paintings by artists like Hubert Robert, Jean-Philippe-Guy Le Gentil, and, most importantly, \u00c9lisabeth Louise Vig\u00e9e Le Brun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vig\u00e9e Le Brun was a very important French artist of the eighteenth century and definitely one of the most prolific women in the arts at the time. She made a name for herself as a portraitist in the years before the Revolution of 1789. In her work, she often skirted the boundaries between the outgoing Baroque and Rococo and the incoming Neoclassical styles. Her skill led to her recognition by the French upper crust, including Queen Marie Antoinette, of whom Vig\u00e9e Le Brun created around 30 portraits. However, she not only painted her aristocratic patrons but is now known for her many self-portraits, including the sale’s top lot, called <\/span>Self-Portrait in Traveling Costume<\/span><\/em>. This self-portrait, one of twelve lots by the artist included in the sale, was created in 1789, shortly before she fled Paris for Rome due to her ties to the queen. The inscription on the back is dated 1816 when the artist gifted the work to a man named M\u00e9nageot. This refers to Fran\u00e7ois-Guillaume M\u00e9nageot, director of Rome\u2019s Acad\u00e9mie de France, who helped her find an apartment there. The portrait was, therefore, likely a gift to M\u00e9nageot when she returned to Paris. The self-portrait is in incredible condition and also serves as a priceless document for art historians with the inclusion of the inscription on the verso. Sotheby\u2019s specialists, therefore, placed a $1 million high estimate on the portrait. With multiple bidders squabbling over the pastel-on-paper work, the final hammer price ended up at $2.5 million (or $3.1 million w\/p). This makes it the second-most valuable work by the artist ever sold at auction, just behind\u00a0<\/span>Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan<\/span><\/em><\/a>, which sold in 2019 for $7.2 million w\/p.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Portrait of the Duchesse de Guiche<\/em> by \u00c9lisabeth Louise Vig\u00e9e Le Brun<\/p><\/div>\n

The second place lot was also by Vig\u00e9e Le Brun.\u00a0<\/span>Portrait of the Duchess of Guiche<\/span><\/em> is a prime example of the artist’s work as the French nobility were her main patrons. Sotheby\u2019s specialists remarked that the portrait is unique since the duchess’s clothes are somewhat unusual. Much of her clothing is made from gauze fabric and silk, which \u201caccentuate more than they conceal\u201d. According to Baillio, the subject\u2019s clothing and pose may have been inspired by an earlier painting called <\/span>The Broken Pitcher<\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. The portrait hit the low end of its $500K to $700K estimate range (or $635K w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n

For modern viewers, the sale’s third-place lot is a history painting. However, it was not so far in the distant past for the artist.\u00a0<\/span>Napoleon Presenting the Newborn King of Rome to Empress Marie Louise<\/em>\u00a0was painted in 1811 by Jean-Baptiste Isabey. A student of Jacques Louis David, Isabey came to prominence during the Napoleonic era and enjoyed the patronage of the imperial couple Napoleon and Jos\u00e9phine. As I mentioned in\u00a0<\/span>an earlier article on Ridley Scott\u2019s biopic\u00a0<\/span>Napoleon<\/span><\/em><\/a>, the Emperor understood how to use art to craft his image. Isabey\u2019s painting shows a likely idealized version of a momentous occasion for the French Empire: the birth of an heir. In 1810, Napoleon divorced Jos\u00e9phine mainly due to her inability to have children, later marrying the Duchess of Parma, Marie Louise. In the painting, we see the aftermath of the birth of Napoleon\u2019s son, who was given the titles Prince Imperial and King of Rome immediately upon his birth. For such a great occasion, Isabey also includes several prominent members of Napoleon\u2019s family and household in the room. It is suspected that Isabey created this watercolor to mark the occasion as well as portray Napoleon in a far more sympathetic light as a kind, gentle new father. Like the\u00a0<\/span>Duchess of Guiche<\/span><\/em>\u00a0portrait, Isabey\u2019s watercolor exactly hit its low estimate at $300K (or $381K w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Napol\u00e9on Presenting the Newborn King of Rome to Empress Marie Louise<\/em> by Jean-Baptiste Isabey<\/p><\/div>\n

Now for the surprises: four lots sold for more than double their high estimates, including the first Vig\u00e9e Le Brun work to cross the block,\u00a0<\/span>The Little Eug\u00e8ne de Montesquiou-F\u00e9zensac Asleep<\/span><\/em><\/a>. Sotheby\u2019s specialists called this and another infant portrait \u201csome of the most tender and moving depictions of young children in French eighteenth-century art\u201d. Estimated to sell for no more than $60K, the sleeping aristocrat made nearly three times that at $170K (or $215.9K w\/p). However, the one lot that blew its estimate out of the water was\u00a0<\/span>an etching by Jean Godefroy<\/span><\/a>. It is a copy of Isabey\u2019s watercolor showing the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Here, Europe\u2019s major power players planned out the continent\u2019s new political order after Napoleon\u2019s downfall. The etching shows several famous figures, including the Duke of Wellington, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P\u00e9rigord (Napoleon\u2019s former foreign minister), and Klemens von Metternich (chancellor of Austria). Expected to sell for no more than $1K, the group portrait sold when the hammer came down at $8.5K (or $10.8K w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, twelve of the forty-one lots sold within their estimates, giving Sotheby\u2019s specialists a 29% accuracy rate. An additional four lots (10%) sold below their estimates, while an incredible seventeen (41%) sold above their estimates. The remaining eight lots (20%) went unsold. With so many lots selling far above their estimates, including the Vig\u00e9e Le Brun self-portrait, the sale as a whole surpassed its total high estimate of $4,017,600, reaching $5,087,000.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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