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1755 – 1842Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)Died 30 March 1842, aged 86French painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was one of the leading portraitists of the late eighteenth century. She was best known as the court painter of Marie Antoinette. After the Revolution she worked across Europe and painted hundreds of portraits.