Johann Gotthard von Müller, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, and others
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1784
Scroll
- Artist: Johann Gotthard von Müller
- Artist: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
- Printer: Damour
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1784
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 450 x 330 mm. (17 11/16 x 13 in.)
Plate: 415 x 318 mm. (16 5/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Image: 416 x 287 mm. (16 3/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.453
Müller's engraving, which he made after Vigée Le Brun's 1782 self-portrait (private collection), was advertised in the August 1785 issue of the "Mercure de France."
General Lawrason Riggs, American, 1861 - 1940
BMA, Jacobs rotation, 7 July - 22 December 2015.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: In plate, above image: "Müller Sc"; in plate, below portrait: "LOUISE ELISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN / de L'Académie Royale de Peinture"; in plate, below image, at left: "Peint par L.E. Vigée le Brun"; in plate, below image, at center: "Imprime par Damour"; in plate, below image, at right: "Gravé à Stouttgard par J.G. Müller de l'Académie Royale de Peinture" On Verso: Lower left corner, in graphite: "M.8808 ES at/95" / "M.381/v.F" / "L.41.453"
Markings: WM: text [Auvergne?]
