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Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun was one of the most prominent French portrait painters of the late 1700s, creating over 800 paintings. Jeanne Du Barry must have liked this portrait since she commissioned two versions of it: one for each of her lovers. https://t.co/3XfuF34A0o
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (6 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Madame Le Brun, was a prominent French portrait painter of the late 18th century.
Born #OnThisDay in 1743: #JeanneBécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93), mistress of #LouisXV
Portrait by Élisabeth Louise #VigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), 1782
#MadameduBarry #Bourbon
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Born #OnThisDay in 1743: #JeanneBécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93), mistress of #LouisXV
Portrait by Élisabeth Louise #VigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), 1781
#MadameduBarry #Bourbon
Marie Antoinette in court dress, painted by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1783
@LavastreAntoine @Drouot « Le XVIIIe siècle est le parent pauvre de la peinture française » est une absurdité quand François Boucher, Noël Nicolas-Coypel, Antoine Watteau, Jacques Louis David, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Hubert Robert ou encore François Lemoyne ont brillé de part leur talent.
Mme Vigée Lebrun, c. 1800 https://t.co/C4H7FO0W9h #museumarchive #cmaopenaccess
Le 14ème tome d'Arte paraîtra au pays de Mme Vigée Le Brun le 30 septembre prochain.
Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun was born #onthisday in 1755. One of the most prominent French portrait painters of the late 1700s, she created over 800 paintings and was one of 14 women admitted to the Royal Academy prior to the French Revolution. https://t.co/JVC8RFOapz
16 avril 1755 : Naissance d’Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, peintre française.
Grande portraitiste, son art et sa carrière exceptionnelle en font un témoin privilégié des bouleversements de la fin du XVIIIe siècle, de la Révolution Française et de la Restauration.
Autoportraits.
Working on French Revolution, getting mesmerised by the variety of marks & subtle volumes created in this Vigée Le Brun drawing (det.) of Marie Antoinette in theatrical dress @metmuseum The artist used stumping to diffuse the ruffled dress sleeve & tree leaves in the background.
Il n'y a pas que Vigée-Lebrun 😉 : Adelaïde Labille-Guiard, Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond, étude pour le grand portrait de l'artiste et de ses deux élèves @metmuseum (collection privée)