1755 — 1842

Nationality: France

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was an eighteenth-century French portraitist, protégée of Marie-Antoinette, who blended Rococo grace with Neoclassical clarity. Paintings such as "Marie-Antoinette in a Muslin Dress" and "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat" reveal the softness and liveliness of her sitters.