Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
and her daughter, autoportrait

Original: 1789 - Oil on wood / 130 x 94 cm
Paris - Musée du Louvre
Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (Marie Élisabeth Louise; 16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842) born in Paris, also known as Madame Lebrun, was a prominent French painter.

Her artistic style is generally considered part of the aftermath of Rococo, while she often adopts a neoclassical style. Vigée Le Brun cannot be considered a pure Neoclassicist, however, in that she creates mostly portraits in Neoclassical dress rather than the History painting. While serving as the portrait painter to Marie Antoinette, Vigée Le Brun works purely in Rococo in both her color and style choices.

Vigée Le Brun left a legacy of 660 portraits and 200 landscapes. In addition to private collections, her works may be found at major museums, such as the Hermitage Museum, London's National Gallery, and museums in continental Europe and the United States.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
frame: ivory with inlay.
preservation painting: excellent
preservation frame: excellent
dimension vertically: 105 mm
inner diameter: 46 mm
thick: 10 mm
convex glass
small triangular eyelet
backside: in pencil writing Lebrun Tochter, and two old stickers mentioning the price :29 Mk
This framing differs somewhat from the usual framing as the sides of the frame are in wood and not in ivory.
It is not known where this painting was made, but it was first sold in Karlsruhe (Germany)




stock number 484