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Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842). Although she's best known for her portraits of Marie Antointette - especially the casual one of the queen looking like a shepherdess -Vigee-Lebrun was also a pioneering self-portraitist: Cindy Sherman waiting to happen! Artist of many faces.

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2020-04-23

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Marie Antoinette of Austria, Queen of France (1755-93), 1783

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France, Madame Royale, and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, 1784

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Princess Anna Alexandrovna Galitzin (1763-1842), 1797

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Jeanne Bécu, Madame du Barry (1743-93), 1781

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, Marchioness Wellesley, 1791

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Blanche Charlotte Marie Félicité de Narbonne Pelet (1761-1840), La maréchale-comtesse de Mailly, 1783

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, Comtesse de la Châtre (1762-1848), 1789

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Victoire Pauline de Riquet de Caraman (1764-1834), Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil, 1785

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Bonne-Marie-Joséphine-Gabrielle de Crussol (1752-1829), 1785

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of the Prince of Nassau, 1776

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2020-04-17

Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Corisande Armandine Léonie Sophie de Gramont (1782-1865)

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2020-04-17

Born on this day in 1755, Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun was the favorite portrait painter of Marie Antoinette. Vigée-Lebrun captured the European elite—including this portrait of Madame Du Barry, the one-time mistress of Louis XV. https://t.co/OEJPSGirjv

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2020-04-16

Wrath of Neptune

Video about the artist: https://t.co/aQR2OQAriq

Magnificent French Baroque painting from the studio of Charles LeBrun, The Wrath of Neptune, https://t.co/XQrwieCvoK

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2020-04-09

Here I let you 2 images I edited the other day, it's the result of reading on while listening the news. I hope you like it.

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2020-03-31

Born in 1732: (1732-1800), daughter of King

Portrait by Élisabeth Louise (1755-1842), 1791

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2020-03-24