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  • NAME: Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
  • OCCUPATION: Painter
  • BIRTH DATE: April 16, 1755
  • DEATH DATE: March 30, 1842
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
  • Full Name: Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

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Artist Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun painted around 600 portraits of European society folk, including over 20 paintings of Queen Marie-Antoinette.

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Born in 1755, Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun was the daughter of an artist who married an art dealer. Her own portraits were popular with Parisian society, especially Queen Marie-Antoinette, who inspired Vigée-Lebrun to paint over 20 portraits. She fled Paris during the revolution, painting her way through Europe (including a portrait of Lord Byron). She published her memoirs before she died in 1842.

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