Born during the reign of Louis XV and coming from the lower middle class, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted the most famous portraits of Marie Antoinette.
At the Revolution, she travelled the roads of exile, returning under the Empire, and participating in the Restoration and July Monarchy. Feted ...
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Born during the reign of Louis XV and coming from the lower middle class, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted the most famous portraits of Marie Antoinette.
At the Revolution, she travelled the roads of exile, returning under the Empire, and participating in the Restoration and July Monarchy. Feted in all the courts of Europe, the artist executed 650 portraits and 150 drawings, earning some of the highest fees of her time.
The film traces the nearly 90 years of her life, a true adventure novel!
Arnaud Xainte is writer, director, producer and actor. He has produced for the RMN film CARTIER, THE LITTLE RED BOX that accompanied the exhibition Cartier, style and history in 2013.
This exhibition will be held:
- in New York from February to May 15, 2016
- in Ottawa from June 10 to September 12, 2016
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