May 6, 2025
Self-Portrait
Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755-1842)
Date: 1790
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Uffizi Galleries, Florence, Italy
Description
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply as Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Her artistic style is generally considered part of the aftermath of Rococo with elements of an adopted Neoclassical style. Her subject matter and color palette can be classified as Rococo, but her style is aligned with the emergence of Neoclassicism.
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