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Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of her brother Etienne, a talented poet and playwright.

18th century French portrait artist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of Anna Ivanovna Tolstaya in 1774, a couple of years before she was commissioned by the French royal family.

Jean-Baptiste Pierre Le Brun, Vigée Le Brun's husband, was a painter and art dealer. He painted this self-portrait in 1795, portraying himself as a successful art historian.

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…