Magnet Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun - Portrait of Marie-Antoinette with the Rose, 1783

Magnet Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun - Portrait of Marie-Antoinette with the Rose, 1783

IS200010
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, also called Marie-Antoinette with the rose (detail), 1783
Oil on canvas / 113 x 87 cm
Sold by Réunion des Musées Nationaux

Characteristics

Dimensions
5,4 x 7,9 cm
Artist
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
Art movements
18th century, French paintings, Rococo
Maintenance
Store in a dry place
Themes
Portrait, Women, Historical figures
Reference
IS200010
EAN
3336727209950
Matière de l'article
Metal alloys
Package Dimensions
0.5cm x 0.8cm
Conservation museum
Versailles - Musée des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

The work and its artist

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)

Vigée Le Brun's self-portraits abound: paintings, pastels and drawings elegantly combine grace and feminine pride. As the Ancien Régime and its fine arts institution came to an end, the artist supplanted most of his portrait competitors. Her desire to overcome the constraints imposed on women artists allows her to develop a very personal technique and aesthetic criteria: she masters the science of colour and invents a whole range of poses and costumes that allow her to bring a great variety to her portraits and improvisations.