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 84
y are all Vigee-Lebruns portraits of Marie Antoinette at Versailles(with the possible exception of that first one of 1779) consistent with eachother, and with others from her hand in various collections, but they areconsistent with the charming bust of the Queen in early youth by AugustinPajou (the… … PORTRAITS OR FLATTERIES? 31 Voltaires, the subject of more prints than any that ever gazed out uponthe worid; and, widely as they may differ among themselves, there arethose among them which go to show that Madame Lebrun, if she has oftensomewhat improved on what nature had done for Marie…
