Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-Lebrun mk68
Oil on canvas
Paris,Louvre
1788
France
Portrait of the Painter Hubert Robert 1755-1842
was a French painter, and is recognized as the most famous woman painter of the eighteenth century. Her style is generally considered Rococo and shows interest in the subject of neoclassical painting. Vigee-Le Brun cannot be considered a purely Neoclassist in that she creates mostly portraits in Neoclassical dress rather than the History painting. In her choice of color and style while serving as the portrait painter to the Queen,
