La Mariée (French for "The Bride") is a 1950 painting on canvas, measuring 68×53 cm, by Belarusian-French artist Marc Chagall.

The young woman wears a red dress and a white veil, while the background is mostly a mix of blue and gray.

According to director Roger Michell in an article in Entertainment Weekly, the painting was chosen because screenwriter Richard Curtis was a fan of Chagall's work, and because La Mariée "depicts a yearning for something that's lost."

Producers had a reproduction made for use in the film, but had to first get permission from the painting's owners and obtain clearance from the British Design and Artists Copyright Society.

"[3] A closely related work by Chagall, also called La Mariée, was sold in 2003 by Christies for just above US$1 million.