… Petersburg, ending with a sojourn in England. Between 1835 and 1837, she published her Souvenirs , weaving artistic sociability into her chronicles of the lives of the European elite. This article discusses the many relationships Vigée … Though still quite young, she conquered Paris, her skill and charm propelling her into the limelight of worldly sociability. In 1776, she wed Jean-Baptiste Pierre Le Brun, a talentless artist but skilled paintings and antiquities … January 18, 1802, she returned to Paris. But she no longer recognised her beloved city, especially considering how much sociability practices had changed. The men’s shimmering habits had given way to black redingotes and the dinner parties …