Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Painted

1782

Collection

National Gallery, London

Vigée Le Brun, portraitist to Marie Antoinette, stands with her palette in bright outdoor light. Inspired by a portrait by Rubens she chose a straw hat and natural light, and she presents her talent as a woman painter with open confidence. The elegance of Parisian society before the Revolution is preserved intact.

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