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Julie as Flora, Roman Goddess of Flowers

Artist: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842)

Genre: Portrait

Date: 1799

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida

Painted in 1799, Julie LeBrun as Flora is a sophisticated allusion to Roman antiquity. It depicts the artist's daughter, Julie LeBrun (1780–1819), in the guise of the goddess of flowers. This is the last known composition that she painted of her daughter.

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diemelusine

1 year ago

Self-portrait In A Straw Hat (c. 1782) By Lisabeth Louise Vige Le Brun. National Gallery.

Self-portrait in a straw hat (c. 1782) by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. National Gallery.

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