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Who painted “Self-portrait of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun”?

“Self-portrait of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun” was painted by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun in 1790. Where to see it: Uffizi Gallery.

Self-portrait of Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun — Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Rococo

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Rococo: Baroque before it is darker, heavier and more serious; Neoclassicism after it is sober, linear and moral.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Wikipedia

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