Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun [ Art and Literature ]
… Le Brun, ‘Portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Sybyl’, 1792, Private collection. Yet it was during her six-month stay in Naples that Vigée Le Brun finally triumphed with a series of portraits Lord Hamilton, the British ambassador, had … her long travels throughout Europe, and upon her return to Paris in 1805, gave it a prominent place in her studio. 9 In Naples, Lord Hamilton received Vigée Le Brun in his various residences, including one with a view of Mount Vesuvius and …
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