“…So little, however, did I feel inclined to sacrifice my liberty that, even on my way to church, I kept saying to myself, “Shall I say yes, or shall I say no?” Alas! I said yes, and in so doing exchanged present troubles for others…” Even on her wedding day on January 11 th 1776, Élisabeth had her doubts about the wisdom of her decision for she later wrote: She was not physically attracted to him but was concerned about her family’s financial future, hated living with her stepfather and after much persuasion from her mother, who believed Le Brun was very rich, agreed to Le Brun’s proposal. Six months after moving in to her new home Le Brun proposed marriage to Élisabeth. Thus I owed him the best lessons I could conceivably have obtained…” Monsieur Lebrun was so obliging as to lend me, for purposes of copying, some of his handsomest and most valuable paintings. “…I was enchanted at an opportunity of first-hand acquaintance with these works by great masters. She recalled this time in her memoirs saying: Soon after settling into her new home, Élisabeth took a great interest in the beautiful masterpieces which filled Le Brun’s apartment and gallery. The Hotel de Lubert was also where the painter and art dealer Jean-Baptiste Pierre Le Brun had his gallery. My next blog will conclude Élisabeth’s life story.Īt the end of my last blog we had reached 1775 and Élisabeth’s step father had retired from his jewellery business and the family had moved to an apartment in a large property, Hotel de Lubert, which was situated on the rue de Clery. I had intended this blog to be the concluding look at the life and some of the works of Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun but instead I am just concentrating this blog on a couple of the portraits Élisabeth did of the Queen consort Marie Antoinette and look at Élisabeth’s life up to her forced exile from France. Marie-Antoinette of Austria, Queen of France
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