Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun [ Art and Literature ]
… 2 . See Mary D. Sheriff, The Exceptional Woman. Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art (Chicago and London: Chicago University Press, 1996). 3 . Portraiture and fashion reciprocally influenced the other. See À la mode. … her exile, she crossed paths with dozens of British subjects. After meandering through the continent, she journeyed to London, staying nearly three years, with occasional trips to thermal spas and the country homes of the British … first stay in Rome, she met frequently with Angelica Kauffmann, a Swiss painter and one of the founding members of London’s Royal Academy. Kauffmann’s skill as a portraitist was highly prized in British high society. Vigée Le Brun took …
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