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Royalists To Romantics: Women Artists From The Louvre

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Royalists to Romantics: Spotlight on Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
Posted: March 22, 2012
Category: Royalists To Romantics: Women Artists From The Louvre
Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun was one of the most celebrated painters of pre-Revolutionary Paris and is today the best-known female artist of her generation
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