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Joseph Vernet
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun French
Not on view
The celebrated landscape and marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714–1789) encouraged Vigée to "paint as much as you can from nature." She was twenty-three when her mentor sat for this sympathetic if formal portrayal.
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