02057cam a22002654a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059040000800074050002300082100002300105245009500128260005500223300002100278505028400299505001700583518001500600520081600615600005801431650003801489700005801527900001401585942001301599999001901612952016001631050217s2005    ctuaf    b    001 0beng    a9780300108729  a0300108729  aSDU00aND553bM466 E 20051 aMay, Gita.919566510aElisabeth Vigée Le Brun :bthe odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution /cGita May.  aNew Haven [Conn.] :bYale University Press,c2005.  a237 p., :bill. 0 aEarly years -- First successes -- Marriage -- Marie-Antoinette's portraitist -- Vigée Le Brun salonnière -- 1789 -- Rome -- Naples, Venice, Milan -- Vienna -- The Russian experience -- Homeward bound -- The English interlude -- Return to imperial France -- An active old age.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M09  aThe foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made her a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Europe torn by strife and revolution, this singularly gifted and high-spirited woman nevertheless managed to thrive as an independent, self-supporting artist, doggedly setting up studios in Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and London. Long overlooked or dismissed, Vigée Le Brun's portraits now hang in the Louvre, in a room of their own, as well as in all leading art museums of the world. Illustrations include sixteen of her portraits presented in full color.--From publisher description.10aVigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth,d1755-1842.9195666 0aPortrait painterszFrance91956671 aVigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth,d1755-1842.9195666  a= C.1 SDU  cGBE2lcc  c104710d104710  00102lcc406ND0553 M466 E2005708CGB9282551aSDUbSDUcGEN3d2025-09-22e2l0oND553 M466 E 2005p1000361161r2025-09-22 00:00:00tC.1w2025-09-22yGBE