VIGÉE-LEBRUN, Élisabeth
(b. 1755, Paris, d. 1842, Paris)

Self-Portrait with Her Daughter, Julie

1786
Oil on wood, 105 x 84 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The artist was influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas on childhood and maternal love. Her self-portrait with her daughter is outstanding for the sweetness and simplicity of the attitudes.