Memories Of Mrs. Vigée Lebrun, Memories I & Ii, Bussière Printing House In Saint-amand (cher)

Memories of Madame Vigée Lebrun, Memories I & II, Bussière Printing House in Saint-Amand (Cher).

Painter, but not only that.

Among the many qualities Madame Vigée-Lebrun possessed, it is of a female artist in the service of the various royal courts of Europe that is most remembered. A survivor of the French Revolution, she was a painter at the French court of the Ancien Régime, then at those of Naples, Vienna, Russia, and the French Restoration.

A fervent royalist, she retained a bittersweet memory of her life at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. There, she made friends and lovers. Men and women alike, they died on the scaffold or in tragic circumstances. Madame Vigée-Lebrun would not suffer this fate, having had the courage (or the intelligence) to emigrate before the revolutionaries embarked on their mass guillotining.

Beyond the numerous works she produced, what remains as a testament to her life is this autobiographical series known as "Souvenirs" (Memoirs), which she is said to have written (or dictated; some historical sources claim that it was her niece, Eugénie Tripier Le Franc, who wrote down her aunt's words). A true autobiographical epic, here you can read the real story of a woman who knew royalty and the Consulate, who rose to the ranks of the forbidden, and who crossed barriers, such as her career as a painter forbidden to women, her portraits bordering on scandal, and her dinners and romances.

In generally good condition, with slight wear, typical for such old 19th-century books, they are pleasant to read and feature a binding. Handcrafted using traditional methods.

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Dimensions of one volume
→ Height : 18 cm
→ Width : 12 cm
→ Thickness : 3 cm
→ Total weight : 950 grams