Copy of the Self-portrait of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)

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Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Label

"Artful Stories": According to her biographer, Elizabeth Adams “dared to believe that a woman might dedicate her life to a profession.” Born to a renowned Boston family, Adams headed to France and Italy when she was thirty-four and spent more than a decade there devoted to the study of art.

This is Adams’s copy of the self-portrait of the French court artist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun painting Queen Marie Antoinette. As one of the few women ever invited to contribute to the collection of artists’ self-portraits at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, Le Brun’s life story surely appealed to Adams, whose own artistic ambition was realized in 1885 when one of her paintings was chosen for exhibition at the Paris Salon.

Associated Person

Le Brun, Mme. Vigee

Maker

Adams, Elizabeth (Artist)

Location of Origin

Florence, Italy

Dimensions

52 1/2 x 46 x 4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Boylston Adams Beal

Accession Number

1937.287

Places

Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly