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 116
obably has her in mind when, on oneoccasion, she speaks of women artists who are jealous of her because theyare more ugly than herself ! In that same year she was to have another snub, followed by anothertriumph, in connection with a picture which soon became famous all overEurope. At the Salon… … TROUBLE AND TRIUMPH 43 being the diploma work already mentioned (for which, by the way, themodels were two young friends of her own) ; the Chapeau de Paille portrait of herself, and portraits of the Queen and of the Kings sister-in-law the Comtesse de Provence, both these princesses wearing the…
