Olga's Gallery
Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
(1755-1842)
Biography
Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, French artist, the daughter and student of her father, the artist Louis Vigée, was born on 16th April, 1755 in Paris. In 1776, she married the known art-dealer Jeanne Baptiste Pierre Lebrun. She made an early and brilliant career: in 1779 she officially became a court painter of the Queen Marie-Antoinette, in 1783 she was admitted to the French Academy of Arts. “Intelligent, diplomatic, resourceful, and independent, she remains a role model to women who paint, having won wide recognition for her skills and gained admission to academies long closed to her sex.” Read Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun's Full Biography
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Portrait of Mme D'Aguesseau. c.1770. Oil on canvas. 91.5 x 72.4, oval. Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania. 
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The Duchess de Polignac. 1783. Oil on canvas. 98.5 x 71 cm. The National Trust Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, UK. Read Note.
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The Marquise de Peze and the Marquise de Rouget with Her Two Children. 1787. Oil on canvas. 123.5 x 156 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
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Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat. After 1782. Oil on canvas, 98 x 70 cm. National Gallery, London, UK.
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Portrait of the Painter Hubert Robert. 1788. Oil on canvas. 105 x 84 cm. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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Portrait of a Lady. 1789. Oil on wood. 107 x 83 cm. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
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Prince Heinrich Lubomirski as the Genius of Fame. 1789. Oil on wood. 105.5 x 83 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
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Self-Portrait. 1790. Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
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Baroness Anna Sergeevna Stroganova and Her Son Sergey. 1793. Oil on canvas. 90.5 x 73 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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Count Grigory Ivanovich Tchernyshov Holding a Mask. 1793. Oil on canvas. 56 x 44 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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Portrait of Baron Grigory Alexandrovich Stroganoff (1770-1857). 1793. Oil on canvas. 92 x 66 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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Portrait of Countess Varvara Golovina. c.1800. Oil on canvas. 84 x 67 cm. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, UK. Read Note.
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Self Portrait. 1800. Oil on canvas. 78.5 x 68 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Portrait of Stanislas Augustus Poniatowski. . Oil on canvas. 101.5 x 86.5cm. Kiev Museum of Western Art, Kiev, Ukraine. Read Note.
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Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette with Children. . Oil on canvas. Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France. Read Note.
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Portrait of Countess Catherine Skavronskaya. . Oil on canvas. Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, France.
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Self Portrait with Daughter (Jeanne Julie Louise, 1780-1809). . Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Self Portrait with Daughter. . Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Portrait of Marie Antoinette. . Oil on canvas. Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France. Read Note.
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