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Article: Vigée-Lebrun, Elisabeth (1755–1842)
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VIG
É
E-LEBRUN, ELISABETH (1755
–
1842)
VIG
É
E-LEBRUN, ELISABETH
(1755
–
1842), French painter. Known primarily for her portraits, Vig
é
e-Lebrun was a favorite artist of aristocratic patrons throughout Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, the most famous of whom was Queen Marie Antoinette of France (1755
–
1793). Vig
é
e-Lebrun was born in Paris, the daughter of a hairdresser from the province of Luxembourg, Jeanne Maissin, and a minor portraitist, Louis Vig
é
e, who was a member of the Acad
é
mie de Saint-Luc. Her father gave her drawing lessons in his studio when she was twelve, although he died shortly after they began. She then studied ...