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Self Portrait-1790
Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 81 cm
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
In 1789 Vigée Le Brun fled France to save her head. The first stop was Italy
where she was welcomed like a head of state. At Florence she was asked to
paint her portrait for the celebrated collection of portraits of famous artists
by their own hand at the Uffizi gallery. Vigée Le Brun started the self portrait
while in Florence but finished it in Rome. The painting on the easel is of Marie Antoinette which was completed from
memory. View a large image of this portrait.
This portrait was displayed in the 2015 Paris Exhibition.
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Copy of Self Portrait -1790
Oil on canvas.
Ickworth,Suffolk, England
The Earl of Bristol met Vigee in Naples, Italy. Captivated
by her beauty, he commissioned her to paint
his portrait. He further requested her
to make a copy of her own portrait being completed for the Uffizi. In this
portrait the face on the canvas depicts her daughter Julie who traveled with
her and who she called "Brunette". Both paintings are at Ickworth,
Suffolk. View additional images of this painting Image 1, Image 2, Image 3.
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Copy of Self Portrait -1790
Oil on canvas.
102 cm x 83 cm
Private Collection, Texas
This painting was purchased at a Hargesheimer & Gunther auction in Dusseldorf, Germany in March 2012 by a collector. The provenance of this high quality painting is incomplete but it appears to be a second copy of the 1790 Uffizi portrait. Compare this portrait with the original Uffizi portrait. The painting may have spent time in England in the mid 19th century before ending up in Germany.
View details - detail 1, detail 2, detail 3, detail 4, detail 5.
Compare this portrait with the original Uffizi portrait.
Compare this portrait with the Watford portrait copy.
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Self Portrait - 1791
Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 82.2 cm
Watford Museum, UK
Copy by Vigée Le Brun of her self portrait in the Uffizi Gallery, Frorence on Art Page 6. This paint is in the Watford Museum Collection, UK.. We did not know about the Watford Museum copy until November 2011.View the painting at the Watford Museum. One known copy (with a different sitter) was painted for the Earl of Bristol by Vigée Le Brun (Art Page 6).The Earl of Bristol painting is listed in Vigée Le Brun's painting list. Another copy surfaced in March 2012 (also on Art Page 6). The copy is very similar to the Watford Copy but is still slightly different.
Note: This painting copy from the Watford Museum can be found on Art Page 190. A copy was moved here for comparison with two other copies and the original from the Uffizi gallery.
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