Madame Vigée-Le Brun and her daughter, Jeanne-Lucie-Louise, known as Julie (1780-1819)

Title: Madame Vigée-Le Brun and her daughter, Jeanne-Lucie-Louise, known as Julie (1780-1819)
Rights: Musée du Louvre. Fair Use. © 2015 GrandPalaisRmn (Louvre Museum) / Tony Querrec.
Creator: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)
Date: 1789
Description: The portrait is depicted in a triangle composition depicting Elisabeth sitting on a bench with her arms wrapped around Julie and her daughter Julie with her arms wrapped around her mother. On the left, Elisabeth is wearing a white cloth that is tied around her with a red scarf around her torso, with an additional green silk draped over her legs. Her hair is tied up with a red ribbon. The attire Elisabeth is wearing evokes ancient Greece and shows insight into her interests. The triangular composition also shows her influence from Raphael and his Madonna and Child. As she was a primarily self-taught artist, this shows how she looked to the masters.
Format: Painting. Oil on wood. 130 x 94 cm.
Publisher: Musée du Louvre
Contributor: Madalyn Wnenta
Identifier: Musée du Louvre. INV 3068
Subject: Portrait; 1700s; 18th Century; mother; daughter; France; French baroque; rococo
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. Musée du Louvre Collections. 11/2/25.
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010066320.

Media: Madame Vigée-Le Brun and her daughter, Jeanne-Lucie-Louise, known as Julie (1780-1819)