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| Etienne Vigée |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1773
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:24 1/4 × 19 7/8 in. (61.6 × 50.5 cm)
Framed: 33 5/8 × 29 in. (85.4 × 73.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase (3:1940)
Painted by Mademoiselle Vigée at eighteen, this portrait of her brother Etienne (1758–1820) gives evidence of her exceptional talent. He is presented as a draftsman holding an artist’s portfolio and porte-crayon. Etienne later developed a reputation as a witty poet and playwright, but he fell from grace with his sister when he opportunistically switched sides during the French Revolution.
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