Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun portrait triples the auction record for any female Old Master
A life-sized portrait by Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) set a record for any female Old Master when it was knocked down at $6.1m (£4.67m) at Sotheby’s New York last night.
Estimated at $4m-6m, the imposing painting drew strong interest at the auction and sold to an anonym…