Vigée-Lebrun, 1755-1842 : her life, works, and friendships : with a catalogue raisonné of the artist's pictures (1915)
Helm, W. H. (William Henry), 1860-1936, Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842 · Boston : Small, Maynard · leaf 108
,and an excellent replica or copy of the picture by Vigee-Lebrun whichit inspired, hang in our own National Gallery to-day, and we can learnmuch of the powers of either artist, the Flemish giant or the French sylph,by studying the two works in the same visit. Apropos of Madames charming imitation… … THE CHAPEAU DE PAILLE 39 is given in an engraving done by J. G. Muller in 1785, wherein the chiefpurpose of the picture is so entirely ignored that the whites of the eyesgive a nigger-Uke expression by their intense contrast to the heavily shadedparts of the face. The Baron Portalis, in some…
