Souvenirs of Madame Vigee Le Brun - Vigee Le Bru

Klappentext This two-volume autobiography of painter Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun was published in France in 1835-7, and in English in 1879. Zusammenfassung The most accomplished female painter of her age, Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755–1842) is best remembered for her many portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Her two-volume autobiography was published in France in 1835–7, and this English version (of which the translator is unknown) in 1879. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. I leave Vienna; 2. Peterhoff; 3. Comte Cobentzel; 4. I paint the two young grand-duchesses; 5. The cold at St Petersburg; 6. The lake of Pergola; 7. Catherine; 8. Paul I; 9. Portrait of the empress Marie; 10. My reception by the St Petersburg Academy; 11. A bad road; 12. Death of Paul I; 13. Narva; 14. I leave Berlin; 15. I arrive in Paris; 16. London; 17. The Prince of Wales; 18. The Chinnery family; 19. I leave England; 20. Louveciennes; 21. The queen's portrait; 22. Cruel losses I sustained in my family; Postscriptum by the editor.

Product details

• Authors: Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9781108080767
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08076-7
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture; Souvenirs of Madame Vigee Le Brun 2 Volume Set; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture; Souvenirs of Madame Vigée Le Brun 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; The arts: general issues, ART / General