Elisabeth Vigée LeBrun was a brilliant artist, and possibly the favorite painter of Marie Antoinette. She certainly had her do plenty of paintings for her and her family. Learn about Elisabeth Vigée LeBrun's life before the French Revolution and her life in exile after she fled, where she visited other European courts, painting for the tenets there too. Follow me on social media @herstorysession and check out my Instagram for paintings I talk about in this episode!

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656931

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/vigee-le-brun-elisabeth-louise/life-and-legacy/#nav

https://www.biography.com/artist/elisabeth-vigee-le-brun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lisabethVig%C3%A9eLe_Brun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySe8UXC32Eg&list=WL&index=2