Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th
Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782
Self-portrait at age sixteen, 1771, pastel.
Self-portrait with her Daughter Julie, 1786, Louvre Museum
Marie Antoinette with a Rose, 1783. Palace of Versailles.
Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
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Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat is a self-portrait by the French painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painted after 1782, in oil on linen, measuring 97.8 by 70.5 centimetres. It has belonged to the collectio
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
…and her husband toured Flanders, Brussels and the Netherlands, where seeing the works of the Flemish masters inspired her to try new techniques. Her Self-portrait in a Straw Hat (1782) was a "free imitation" of Rubens's Le Chapeau de Paille. Dutch and Flemish influences have also been noted in The Comte d'Espagnac (1786) and…
First version, 1782, private property, Switzerland
Portrait of the Duchess de Polignac, 1782 oil on canvas. Musée de l'Histoire de France (Versailles).