Self Portrait with Her Daughter, Julie, by Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun, 1786
Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun (Marie Élisabeth Louise; French, 1755 – 1842) was a highly accomplished artist, and portrait painter to Marie Antoinette of France. On 12 February 1780, Vigée-Le Brun gave birth to a daughter, Jeanne Julie Louise, whom … Continue reading
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