Elisabeth Louise VIGEE LE BRUN (Paris, 1755 - 1842) Landscape depicting the Meuse near the town of Aiglemont in the Ardennes Oil on oak panel, one plate Localised 'la meuse / sous Aiglemont' on verso In a carved and gilded oak frame. French work from the Louis XVI period, stamped by Claude Pépin. Landscape representing the Meuse near the commune of Aiglemont, oil on oak panel, by E. L. Vigée Le Brun 6.88 x 9.05 in. 17.5 x 23 cm Provenance: Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Ader, 4 May 2021, no. 200 (as French school circa 1800); Private collection, Paris Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun's production of landscapes is still little-known, although it has recently been brought to light by historians, especially Joseph Baillio. In her 'Souvenirs', however, she states that she painted nearly two hundred of them, and later, in her account of her travels in Switzerland, she even specifies that she painted them in pastel. So, in addition to its subject, our work stands out for its technique, as oil landscapes by our artist are extremely rare. It was during his exile and his many travels that our artist frantically began to produce this type of small landscape. It would seem that it was during her stays in Vienna and then across the Channel that she began to work directly from nature. In London, she recounted how she loved to walk in the surrounding countryside, making numerous studies. But it was mainly in Switzerland that Vigée Le Brun devoted herself to this important production. Nature was at the centre of her preoccupations. Mountain ranges, glaciers, waterfalls, vast expanses or snow-capped peaks - no bucolic setting captured on her excursions escaped her. In our delightful painting, the location of the view of Aiglemont on the back of the panel refers to a village near Charleville-Mézières where the artist stayed in 1826, as attested by the annotation on the back of the pastel depicting a view similar to the one in our painting, which featured in the magnificent exhibition recently devoted to the artist (see Joseph Baillio and Xavier Salmon, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun cat. exp, Paris, New York, Ottawa, 2015-2016, pp.324-327, n° 160). We would like to thank Mr Joseph Baillio for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work based on a photograph. It will be included in the catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels and drawings by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun currently in preparation. A certificate dated 5 February 2025 will be given to the buyer. Elisabeth Louise VIGEE LE BRUN (Paris, 1755 - 1842) 17.5 x 23 cm Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun's production of landscapes is still little known, although it has recently been brought to light by historians, especially Joseph Baillio. In her 'Souvenirs', however, she states that she painted almost two hundred of them, and later, in her account of her travels in Switzerland, she even specifies that she painted them in pastel. So, in addition to its subject, our work stands out for its technique, as oil landscapes by our artist are extremely rare. It was during his exile and his many travels that our artist frantically began to produce this type of small landscape. It would seem that it was during her stays in Vienna and then across the Channel that she began to work directly from nature. In London, she recounted how she loved to walk in the surrounding countryside, making numerous studies. But it was mainly in Switzerland that Vigée Le Brun devoted herself to this important production. Nature was at the centre of her preoccupations. Mountain ranges, glaciers, waterfalls, vast expanses or snow-capped peaks - no bucolic setting captured on her excursions escaped her. In our delightful painting, the location of the view of Aiglemont on the back of the panel refers to a village near Charleville-Mézières where the artist stayed in 1826, as attested by the annotation on the back of the pastel depicting a view similar to the one in our painting, which featured in the magnificent exhibition recently devoted to the artist (see Joseph Baillio and Xavier Salmon, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun cat. exp, Paris, New York, Ottawa, 2015-2016, pp.324-327, n° 160). We would like to thank Mr Joseph Baillio for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work based on a photograph. It will be included in the catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels and drawings by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun currently in preparation. A certificate dated 5 February 2025 will be given to the buyer.