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 90
ous - year, or is this fine picture of 1778 the earliest portrait of theQueen from life by the artist ? In the letter to Prince Theodore de Bauffremont, of which a facsimileis given in this book, Madame Lebrun, in May 1837, when she was eighty-two years of age, states that she made the portrait in… … THE BAUFFREMONT PORTRAIT 33 note attached to the picture, dated 6 Oct., 1837, and signed by thePrince, seems to prove that in this statement she was correct. This portrait of the Queen, writes the Prince, is by MadameLebrun. I have had it re-backed (fait rentoiler) because of a hole which Ibelieve…
