  The paintings on this page were once thought to be the work of Vigee Le Brun. Most were originally found in museum and library archives by our team with notes of attribution to Vigee Le Brun. Over the years they have been non-attributed to Vigee Le Brun and in some cases identified as the work of other artist. We decided to keep these images on the site at this location for the record. | Vigée Le Brun's Gallery | Special Galleries |
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Queen of Naples - 1808 oil on canvas Queen Caroline of Naples. by Francois Pascal Simon Gerard. This is a portrait of Caroline Murat devant la baie de Naples, Napoleon's sister, 1782-1839, whose husband had been installed as King of Naples in 1808. |
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Duc de Choiseul Praslin - 1772-76 oil on canvas Portrait of a gentleman. This was found to be the work of Greuze. This painting was attributed to VLB in a French edition (2008) of Souvenirs. The painting was auctioned in 2004 and is signed and dated.
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Jupiter - ? oil on canvas, 207 x 257 cm Museum of Fine Art, Boston Thought to be one of Vigee Le Brun's history paintings. This painting was attributed to Vigee Le Brun by Galerie Fievez, Brussels back in 1930. This is actually the work of Antoine Francois Callet, "Ceres Begging for Jupiter's Thunderbolt after the Kidnapping of Her Daughter Proserpine". Updated information provided by Angela Demutskiy. |
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Dauphin, Later Louis XVII - 1789 This image now attributed to Augustin de Sain-Aubin. It appeared in the 4 July 2007 Southebys catalog Black and Red chalk and graphite, 150mm x 95 mm, 3.5 x 6 inches Louis Charles, the younger son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, was born at Versailles on 27 March 1785. He became the Dauphin upon the death of his older brother on 4 June 1789. Following his fathers execution on 21 january 1793 he was proclaimed King Louis XVII by the Royalists. He never ruled and is said to have died in prison in Paris on 8 June 1795. Updated information provided by Angela Demutskiy. |
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Comtesse Kinska nee Diedrichstein - 1793 oil on canvas, oval, 28-3/4 x 23-1/2 in View a black and white image of the framed painting. Helm had described this painting: white cap and dress, light blue sash; fair with blue eyes. Someone later called it a painting of Kinsky. But as Angela has pointed out, Kinsky had dark brown eyes. Thus, it is NOT a painting of Kinsky.Furthermore, Angela says that the painting was recently auctioned as "circle of Vigee LeBrun." So I believe that Angela's opinion is that ckinska.jpg and alady10.jpg are photos of the same painting, that they are not by VLB and they are not Kinsky. - Charles, 5 April 09
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Marie Antoinette - 1788 pastel, Ringling Museum Marie Antoinette in blue velvet dress. A new Marie Painting version from Angela - Sept 2008 From Charles: "Regarding the Ringling pastel, I had received an e-mail note from the Associate Registrar of the Ringling, Rebecca Engelhardt, on 18 March 1998, saying that the pastel they had was "after VLB". |
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Le Comte d'Artois Etching of a painting by vlb of Le Comte d'Artois ? From Oliver: the portrait of count d'Artois sent by Angela is painted by Danloux (cf. Portalis): i reproduced it in my book L'Amour à Paris au temps de Louis XVI, Paris, perrin, 2003. |
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Princess Ecaterina Ossipovna Tiufiakin-1801-1802 oil on canvas ANGELA: This image was Grafinia Sofia Adamovna Zamoiskaia, 1778-1837 by Lampi. I think it's vlb's 1801-1802 Princess Ecaterina Ossipovna Tiufiakin nee Horvath portrait. She's sitting on a cloud bank, flowing scarf, wings. JANA: This image is Zofia Zamoyska nee Czartoryska by Heinrich Friedrich Fuger (1751-1818).I agree with Angela that this is not by vlb. A copy of this portrait is located at castle Lancut, Poland. |
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A Boy - ? oil on canvas Image of a boy I have found on a Polish web-site http://www.sztukakobiet.friko.pl as a painting by vlb. Does anyone know something about this portrait? I did´t see it before. Jana
Regarding the portrait of the boy, my Master List has it. The magazine Apollo, 90:cxxxii, Sep 1969, published the same painting (or a copy of it):
http://members.aol.com/YourNewCEO/images/v146.jpg . Apollo said that it was "Portrait du Dauphin de France," oil on canvas, oval, 22 7/8" x 18 1/8". Apollo noted that the painting was signed G. Amaury (whoever that was), but nevertheless, the owner attributed the painting to Vigee LeBrun. [This seems bizarre to me. If someone is going to forge a signature to a painting, they will forge a famous artist's name, not sign an unknown artist's name.]
Of course, that could raise the question, maybe there was an original by someone famous, perhaps even vlb, and the painting by G. Amaury was a copy of that.
That is all I know of the matter, and I didn't think that a painting signed "G. Amaury" was worthy of being listed on the vlb website based on the word of the owner.
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Portrait of a Lady - ? Pastel, 117 x 89 cm Sold in 1999 at auction in Madrid. This new pastel resembles a painting of vlb's 1782 painting, "Yolande Gabrielle Martine de Polastron, Duchesse de Polignac," on Art Page 54.
This image appers to be a copy by some other artist.
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Rose Bertin - 177? oil on canvas, 54 x 44 cm Rose Bertin was Marie Antoinette's dressmaker and milliner. We removed this from the site to reconsider if it was painted by vlb. The image of Rose Bertin came from London's Witt library, where it was filed in the Vigee LeBrun drawer. We have no other information about who made the attribution, and it is indeed very suspect.- Charles Stein |
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Pages from vlb's sketchbook from Oliver Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 I don't think these drawings are by vlb |
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Lady in Napoleonic Dress - 1815 Oil on canvas, Belvedere, Vienna. Signed and dated. The painting is by Eugenie Le Brun Tripier Le Franc, who signed as Eugenie Le Brun. Color photo by Lucia Cardellini.
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Lady with Lyre - 1806 oil on canvas, 152cm x 185cm Pushkin Museum, Moscow According to Elena Sharnova of Moscow, past curator of French Art at the Pushkin Museum: "The painting is signed "Riviere". I believe, that it was painted by Mme. de Riviere, Vigee Le Brun's neice who exhibited in the Parisian Salons in 1810's . I know some of her portarit drawings. When the museum purchased the portrait in 1964, the owner told that the portrait represents Josephine-Wilhelmine Budaevskaya, the wife of Polish General who was at Napoleon'survice. |
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"The supper parties at the Princess de Rohan-Rochefort's house were delightful"-Vigee Le Brun |
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François-Guillaume Ménageot - ? oil on canvas by Marie-Victoire Lemoine. Portrait of François-Guillaume Ménageot (1744-1816)
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Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun - date? oil on canvas By Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun Vigee Le Brun's husband whom she married in 1776
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Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun - date? Miniature Heinz National Portrait Gallery Library Elisabeth Vigee married M. Le Brun on January 11, 1776. He was a well-known art dealer, and Vigee Le Brun benefitted from her ability to study many great art works that passed through his hands. It's also possible that her husband's connections allowed her to win commissions that she might not have won otherwise. On the negative side, her husband took all of her earnings, spending the money on gambling and other women. Because of her close connections to the aristocracy, Vigee Le Brun and her daughter fled France in 1789, leaving her husband behind. In exile, she was able to keep her earnings for herself, and became wealthy. Her husband, concerned for his security during the Revolution, filed for divorce. He died in 1813. While Vigee Le Brun didn't paint miniatures, this work is similar to her style, and may be a copy after a painting by her (though she didn't list any portraits of her husband).
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Young Woman with a Directoire Hat - date? oil on canvas sold for $10,000 on January 7th 2006. It was represented as "after vlb" . We moved this from page 52 on 12 June 06.
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The Two sisters - date? oil on canvas, oval, 76cm x 62 cm This work sold in Bonhams, London In 2002 when it was sold as 'Circle of Jens Juel', the Danish portrait painter. |
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Comtesse du Cluzel - 1779 oil on canvas The flower trim is actually part of the frame. |
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Mme Therese Baudan de Russe -1785 oil on canvas, oval, 27-3/4 x 22-3/8 inches Now believed to be the work of Marie Victoire Lemoine.
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Self Portrait with Lute-? oil on canvas32 x 25 inches N.Y. Private collector Now believed to be the work of Rose Ducreux |
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A Small Child - ? Pastel 45 x 38 cm Now believed to be the work of Marie Victoire Lemoine. |
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Girl with a Violin - ? Portrait of the son of Marie Elisabeth Gabiou, the nephew of Marie Victoire Lemoine the artist. |
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Mme Senechal - date? oil on canvas Now believed to be the work of Marie-Victoire Lemoine.
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Mlle. Baconniere de Salverte - date? oil on canvas 73 x 58 cm Now believed to be the work of Marie-Victoire Lemoine.
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Princess Isabella Lubomirska, nee Czartoryska Lubomirska-1799 oil on canvas We were informed by Jana Talkenberg (jana.talkenberg@t-online.de)that the painting is by Maria Cosway, nee Hadfield (1759-1838). The painting is in the Muzem Narodowe (Czastoryski Collection) in Krakaw, Poland.
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Marie Antoinette - ? oil on canvas This was once thought to be one of the first portraits of the queen made by Vigee Le Brun. We have found that it is actually the work of Kucharski. |
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A Lady Reading-? oil on canvas This is from a well known drawing by Vincent which was engraved by Demarteau in 1784. It is not by vlb. Image removed from page 147 . |
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Princs Lamballe-1782 oil on canvas This image, published as Mme Courcelles is not be vlb according to JB. Image removed from page 128 . |
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The Dauphin of France - 1792 oil on canvas It was determined that this portrait of the second Dauphin from 1792 is by (or after) Alexander Kucharsky (1711-1819). This painting is discussed , in French, at http://www.mus.louis-xvii.claranet.fr/kucharsky.htm. |
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Louis duc de Brissac - 1778 oil on canvas Louis-Hercule Timoleon de Cossè, duc de Brissac was born 1734, He was massacred at Versailles 9 Sept 1792. This portrait may be from a later date. vlb certainly knew the Duke later, around 1790 she "painted Lady Hamilton again as a sibyl for the Duc de Brissac." - Chap. V. According to new information this was painted by Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, and may be Louis-Hercule Timoleon's father. |
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Mlle de la Briche - 1787 oil on canvas, oval 23-1/2 x 29-1/2 inches Caroline Lalive de la Briche . This painting was also known as "La Fillette aux Cerises". J. Baillio believes that this painting is not by Vigee Le Brun. |
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Countess Skavronskaia - date? oil on canvas This version of the painting on art page 83 is believed to be by another artist. |
 | Young Woman with a Dog-1796 oil on canvas National Museum of Art, Bucarest, Romania This painting has been identified as a painting by Marie Victoire Lemoine. |
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self portrait - date? oil on canvas, oval This painting had been published as a self-portrait of vlb in the 1903 Doubleday edition of the Memoirs. But it is now considered to be a portrait by Antoine Vestier of Madame Rouille d'Orfeuil. This correction was made by Anne-Marie Passez, who wrote a book on Antoine Vestier. |
 | Actress Dugazon in the role of Nina - 1787 Private Coction, Switzerland. "She was the greatest talent the Opera-Comique ever possessed...I think I went to see Nina at least twenty times" - Vigée Le Brun The Witt Library had identified the sitter as Mdm Dugazon. We have found that the image was falsely signed as Vigee le Brun. It is now considered a portrait by Vestier of an unidentified lady. This correction was made by Anne-Marie Passez, who wrote a book on Antoine Vestier. |
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Marie Therese Caroline of Austria - 1781 oil on canvas, oval. Conde Museum, Chantilly This image, published in "Antiques" (Nov 1967) is not by vlb. |
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Marie Antoinette - 1805-1810 oil on canvas This "Red dress" portrait seems different than the one on the site that we have determined is not by vlb. The one on the site was the one sold off by the Detroit Museum. What do you think.Is this just another shade of the other red one? This copy looks more like vlb's style |
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Queen Marie Antoinette - 1786 oil on canvas Word from Versailles, via a friend, is that this painting is after the 1786 full length portrait of the Queen in blue holding a book. Apparently several copies were made of the 1786 work in half length, with alterations in costume. It is unclear whether there is an authentic version by Vigee Le Brun with this particular costume. Removed from page 32 |
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Marie Antoinette - 1779 oil on canvas View the picture in the frame This came from Jean Davis (jl_davis@prodigy.net). I sent it to all of you earlier (about 9/10). It is owned by a friend of Jeans. I don't know if it is a copy or an original. the signature is a bit strange. We will keep this image in this section for now. |
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Lady Blessington - ? Post card reproduction of an oil on canvas the original is believe to be in Paris. Link to a biography on Lady Blessington New From Claudia. |
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Queen of Naples - ? oil on canvas Marie Caroline, Queen of Naples. This painting was done by the Italian painter Landini. |
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Louis XVII - ? oil on canvas portrait of Louis XVII (son of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI). Originally Attributed to Vigée Le Brun".
Claudia found that this picture was actually the work of JL David. |
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Count Bistri - 1793 Color Crayons 43 x 30.5 cm Vigee Le Brun painted the Comte and the Countess Bistri in Vienna in 1793
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Mme Montesquiou - 1780 Color Crayons
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A Child - ? Oil on Canvas Oval 17 x 14.5 inches Houston Museum of Fine Arts According to an email I received from Charles on 1/17/2000, this painting has been reattributed to Rosalie Bocquet Filleul (French 1752-1794). |
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King Louis the XVI - 1786 oil on canvas 73 x 59 cm |
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Praskovia Fredo née Golowin - date? oil on canvas note: From Charles- Per Baillios Kimbell book p 13 - Countess Praskovia Nikolaevna Golovin, later Countess Maxmilian Fredo (child with a dove in her hands) is not by vlb. The sitter was the daughter of Countess Varvara Golovine |
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A Lady - ? oil on canvas Russian Noblewoman This painting was once thought to be by Vigee Le Brun . JB said it was not. |
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Baroness Elisaveta Alexandrovna Demidov, nee Baroness Stroganova - 1781-82 oil on canvas, 86 x 68.5 cm, 27 x 22 in, Hermitage This portrait was painted by Jean Louis Violle. Elisaveta Alexandrovna Demidov, nee Baroness Stroganova (1779-1818) was the wife of Nicolas Demidoff the richest individual in Russia at the time. "His enormus wealth was the reason he was given the hand of he young Mlle Stroganoff, a member of one of the noblest families in Russia" Vigee Le Brun |
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The Marquise de Saffray - date? oil on canvas Painted by Rose Ducreux in 1791. This painting can be seen in French Period Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
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