Vigee Le Brun

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Self Portrait in a Straw Hat (One Painting, One Story)

Lucy Davies

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National Gallery Company Ltd
27 December 2025

History of Art & Design Styles; Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art

Series: One Painting, One Story

Self Portrait in a Straw Hat by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is one of the National Gallery's most captivating paintings. Looking at us directly and holding the tools of her profession, the painter presents herself as an elegant society lady as well as an accomplished professional artist. The pose was modelled on Rubens's Portrait of Susanna Lunden (?), with whom Vigée Le Brun was making an explicit connection.

Vigée Le Brun's life spanned a tumultuous period of French history. Lucy Davies examines the artist's rise to become one of the most successful society portraitists of her age, patronised by Queen Marie-Antoinette. After fleeing the French Revolution in 1789, Vigée Le Brun travelled around Europe and Russia, eventually returning to a transformed Paris.

Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press

By: Lucy Davies
Imprint: National Gallery Company Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 159mm,
ISBN: 9781857097481
ISBN 10: 1857097483
Series: One Painting, One Story
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 27 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lucy Davies is a journalist and the author of several books on art, including An Opinionated Guide to Women Painters and Mabel Nicholson.