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DAVID, Jacques-Louis: Portrait of the Comtesse Vilain XIIII and her Daughter

🖼 Portrait of the Comtesse Vilain XIIII and her Daughter, 1816
Oil on canvas
95 × 76 cm
London, United Kingdom

Soft brushwork captures an intimate moment between mother and daughter, their elegant profiles rendered in luminous tones against a muted background. This neoclassical portrait exemplifies David's refined domestic vision, balancing aristocratic grace with emotional tenderness during post-Revolutionary France.

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