Biographies: March 30
Vigée-Lebrun, Élisabeth: Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
Featured Biography Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

French painter Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, who died this day in 1842, was one of the most successful women artists, unusually so for her time, and was particularly known for her portraits of women, notably Marie-Antoinette.