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| Joseph Vernet |
Artist:Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris)
Date:1778
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:36 1/4 × 28 3/8 in. (92 × 72 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Peintures (3054)
The celebrated landscape and marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714–1789) encouraged Vigée to "paint as much as you can from nature." She was twenty-three when her mentor sat for this sympathetic if formal portrayal.
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