Autoritratto con cappello di paglia

ID: #6232 | Barocco | Ritratti

Il dipinto raffigura una donna vestita in costume storico. Indossa un ampio cappello decorato con fiori e piume, un abito rosa con ampie maniche nere e un colletto bianco arricciato. Nella mano sinistra tiene una tavolozza con colori e un pennello, suggerendo che si tratta di un'artista. Lo sfondo del dipinto è sfocato, con un accenno di cielo.
Creato da un'intelligenza artificiale, si prega di essere indulgenti.

Prevailing color of this fine art print is blu and its shape is ritratto. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

A globally recognized French Baroque painter, Marie-Élisabeth Louise Vigée (1755-1842) was born in Paris into a family of painters. She learned the basics of painting from her father, who died in 1768 of suffocation due to fish bones. Already at a young age, she began to paint in her illegal studio. It was, however, soon closed and her equipment confiscated. She studied at the Academie de Saint Luc. When she was still a young girl, her mother’s friend introduced her to the future Queen Marie Antoinette. A few years later, the queen accepted Vigée as a member of the Académie Royale de Pentura te de Sculpture. Her social status rose rapidly and she remained good friends with Marie Antoinette. When riots broke out in France in 1789, Vigée was forced to leave for Italy. Her reputation preceded her, and so all the doors were open to her. They welcomed her enthusiastically in all cities and artistic institutions. Vigée also travelled through Prague and Berlin to St. Petersburg, where she was welcomed by Catherine the Great. Vigée painted several portraits of the entire royal family. She did not manage to paint Catherine the Great before her death. When Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in 1799, Vigée stopped in Paris on her way to England. She found, however, that many of her friends were dead. In her life, she drew nearly 1,500 paintings, of which almost half were portraits of European monarchs and nobles. She died in Paris at age 87.