Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of a Woman French Court Painter–Portrait of a Baroness

Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, Baronne de Crussol, 1785, oil on canvas, Musee des Augustins, Toulouse, France

French artist Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842) was a leading portrait painter of the French court during the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.