Vigee Le Brun ART Page 3

ART PAGE 3

	Madame Vigée Le Brun - 1786 oil on oak panel 105 x 84 cm The Louvre, Paris Self portrait with daughter Julie (age 6). This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition. View the framed portrait.
	Peace Bringing Back Abundance - 1780 Oil on canvas 40 3/8" x 52 1/8", (102.5 x 132.5 cm) The Louvre, Paris Vigée Le Brun's entry piece to the Academie Royale de Peinture at de Sculpture. Displayed at the Salon after her admittance in 1783. One of 15 salon style allegories mentioned in souvenirs. Vigée Le Brun completed two pastel head studies for this painting. One for "Peace" (Art Page 14)and one for "Abundance" (Art Page 199). Reference Kimbell Exhibition Catalog Number 9 for more details. This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition.
	Mademoiselle Brongniart - 1788 Oil on oak, 65.1 x 53.3 cm. The National Gallery, London Alexandrine-Emilie (1780-1847) was the daughter of the architect Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Brogniart was a friend of Vigee Le Brun who briefly took refuge in his Paris house during the turbulent autumn of 1789. She was married to Louis-André, Baron Pichon. View a detail of this image. The painting was passed to a son of the sitter, Jérôme Pichon (1812-1896); bequeathed by Sir Bernard Eckstein, 1948. Vigee Le Brun also painted Brongniart's other daughter.