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This portrait is the first commission Vigée Le Brun received from the Queen of France, Marie-Antoinette. Here, Vigée Le Brun captured the Queen's austere and confidence nature. In future portraits, Vigée Le Brun deviated from this depiction to focus…

Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of Marie-Antoinette, to be displayed in the Salon. Here, Marie-Antoinette wears a white muslin dress and straw hat, which is drastically different from what the Queen would normally wear for portraiture. Although…

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was the favored artist of the Queen Marie-Antoinette. In this royal family portrait inspired by depictions of the Holy Family, Vigée Le Brun captures the Queen's maternal role

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of the Queen after she was asked to remove a portrait of Marie-Antoinette in a chemise dress from Salon. Although the two portraits are very similar, this one features the Queen in a formal, lace-trimmed…

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of Caroline Murat, the later Queen of Naples, and her daughter Letizia in 1807. The painting was commissioned for the Palais des Tuileries, and clearly, the Queen is dressed for the occasion in an…

This portrait of Francis I is one of the many portraits Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was commissioned to paint for the Italian aristocracy after she fled from France to Italy.

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of the Russian Emperor's daughter during her exile from France.

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of Prince Alexander Kurakin, a Russian diplomat, during her exile from France.

In this portrait, Manuel María is depicted wearing a bright red play costume with his pet cats, finches, and magpie holding the Goya's calling card. The boy was about 3 or 4 years old when it was painted, but after its completion, the boy died at age…