Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat

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Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat is a celebrated late-18th-century self-portrait painting by French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, showcasing her refined Rococo style and her role as a prominent female court painter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
self-portrait
artisticStyle elegant, luminous color palette
refined Rococo style
associatedWith French court culture
Marie Antoinette’s court
collection National Gallery collection
colorPalette warm tones with vivid accents
countryOfOrigin France
creator Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
surface form: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
depictionStyle three-quarter-length portrait
depicts easel
fashionable 18th-century dress
female artist
outdoor background
paintbrushes
palette
straw hat
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
surface form: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
era Ancien Régime
surface form: Ancien Régime France
genre portrait painting
self-portraiture
hasSubject artist at work
self-representation
women in art
inception c. 1782
late 18th century
inspiredBy Peter Paul Rubens
Rubens’s Portrait of Susanna Lunden (Le Chapeau de Paille)
languageOfTitle French
lighting strong natural light on the face
location National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London
materialUsed oil paint
movement Neoclassicism
Rococo
notableFor combination of Rococo grace and emerging Neoclassical clarity
depiction of the artist as a court painter
direct gaze at the viewer
informal, confident pose
representation of a professional female artist
originalTitle Autoportrait au chapeau de paille
period late 18th century
significance important example of 18th-century French portraiture
key work in the history of women artists
subjectPosition artist turned slightly to the side facing viewer
support canvas

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun notableWork Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat