Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun

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18th-century painter French painter Neoclassical painter Rococo painter painter person portrait painter woman artist

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a prominent 18th-century French portrait painter, best known for her refined depictions of European aristocracy, including Marie Antoinette.

Aliases (4)

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century painter → French painter → Neoclassical painter → Rococo painter → painter → person → portrait painter → woman artist →
activePeriod	early 19th century → late 18th century →
alternativeName	Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun → Madame Vigée Le Brun →
birthCountry	France →
birthDate	1755-04-16 →
birthPlace	Paris →
child	Julie Le Brun →
commissionedBy	European royal courts →
deathCountry	France →
deathDate	1842-03-30 →
deathPlace	Paris →
employer	Marie Antoinette →
familyName	Vigée →
father	Louis Vigée →
fullName	Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun →
genre	portrait painting →
givenName	Élisabeth →
knownFor	portraits of European aristocracy → portraits of Marie Antoinette →
language	French →
memberOf	Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Petersburg → Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture → Académie de Saint-Luc → Accademia di San Luca →
mother	Jeanne Maissin →
movement	Neoclassicism → Rococo →
nationality	French →
notableWork	Marie Antoinette en chemise → Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante → Portrait of Marie Antoinette with her Children → Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat → Self-Portrait with Her Daughter Julie →
occupation	painter → portraitist →
patron	Marie Antoinette →
residence	Naples → Paris → Rome → Saint Petersburg → Versailles → Vienna →
spouse	Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun →
styleCharacteristic	emphasis on grace and idealized beauty → refined, elegant depiction of sitters →
subjectOf	retrospective exhibitions in major museums →
title	Portraitist to Queen Marie Antoinette →
wrote	Souvenirs (memoirs) →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun ("Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun") → Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun ("Madame Vigée Le Brun") →	alternativeName
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun ("Vigée") →	familyName
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun ("Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun") →	fullName
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture →	hadMember