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Portrait of a Young Woman as a Vestal Virgin

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Portrait of a Young Woman as a Vestal Virgin

François Hubert Drouais

1767

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Portraits Women Flowers

Dimensions

31 1/2 × 25 1/8 in. (80 × 63.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. William M. Haupt, from the collection of Mrs. James B. Haggin, 1965

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About François Hubert Drouais

1727–1775 • France

He was a fashionable portraitist. He is best known for portraits of children and one of Mme de Pompadour from 1763, completed after her death. Comment on works: Portraits

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