Charles-Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802)

Portrait of Charles Alexandre de Calonne is a 1784 portrait painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. It depicts the politician Charles Alexandre de Calonne, best known for serving as Controller-General of Finances between 1783 and 1787 during the reign of Louis XVI. His attempts to reform public spending ended in his dismissal, precipitating the French Revolution he is shown wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit and guiding a letter assessed to the king.

Vigée Le Brun was one of the most celebrated portraitists during the final years of the Ancien régime, known in particular for her depictions of the French queen Marie Antoinette. Gossip suggested that she was a lover of de Calonne, which she strongly denied.

It was displayed at the Salon of 1785 at the Louvre in Paris, one of ten paintings she exhibited that year.

The work was commissioned by the sitter who took it with him for Britain when he…

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