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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) was a French painter, salonnière and writer.

Also recorded as Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun; Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun; Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; Elisabeth Louis Vigee Le Brun; Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun; Marie Louise Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun.

Overview

Born at Paris in 1755, died at Paris in 1842.

In detail

training under Louis Vigée and Gabriel Briard is recorded. Marie-Guillemine Benoist is recorded as having studied under Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and landscape. The authority associates the name with Rococo and Neoclassicism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna, Antwerp and Brussels. Residence is recorded at Louveciennes and Papal States. Positions recorded include court painter. Membership is recorded of Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and Académie de Saint-Luc.

Works named in the authority record are Marie Antoinette with a Rose, Marie Antoinette and Her Children and Baronne de Crussol.

Work by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum and Nationalmuseum.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q213163: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

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