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At 12:42 1/20/99 -0500, you wrote: > > Does Henriette Vigee-Lebrun exist? We have a self-portrait attributed > to her but except for a the ULAN which list an H. Vigee, I can find no > trace. The image would be contemporary with Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun. > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, Peggy > Hallo Peggy, Though I am an architectural historian with a great interest in painting, I have the courage to give you a possible solution for your problem. Marie-Louise Elisabeth VIGEE - Lebrun had one child, a daughter, from the marriage with Jean-Baptiste Pierre Lebrun which lasted from 1776 till 1794 this could be your Henriette Lebrun (see: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, etc., Nouvelle Edition, vol. 8, 1960-1964) though there is no name mentioned. Another possibility is the paintress (portraitiste) Henriette Perrard LEBRUN who exhibited -according to E.Benezit: Dictionnaire etc., Nouvelle Edition, 1960-1964, vol.5, page 461- her portraits in the Salon of 1848 and 1850. Last night I happened to read in a Dutch weekly a review of a book about selfportraits of female artists. I can not remember the title at this moment, but I will sent it to you tomorrow. The article was illustrated with a selfportrait of madame Elisabeth Vigee - Lebrun. Success, Chris Smeenk ( Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)