Comtesse de la Chatre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglae Bontemps, 1762?1848), 1789, Oil on canvas, 45 x 34 1/2 in. (114. 3 x 87. 6 cm), Paintings, ?lisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (French, Paris 1755?1842 Paris), When this portrait was painted in 1789, the sitter, daughter of Louis XV's premier valet de chambre, was the wife of the comte de la Chatre. She later married Francois Arnail de Jaucourt. For daily wear and for portraits, Vigee Le Brun favored white muslin dresses in this style for what she saw as their timeless, classical simplicity