Elisabeth VIGEE LE BRUN(1755-1842, famous portrait painter) - Lot 322

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Elisabeth VIGEE LE BRUN(1755-1842, famous portrait painter) - Lot 322
Elisabeth VIGEE LE BRUN(1755-1842, famous portrait painter) / Autograph draft of a receipt on behalf of her husband Jean-Baptiste LE BRUN(1748-1813), drawn up in Paris on January 28, 1788, 1 page in-8 oblong (18.5 x 12.5 cm) - A pencil note in subscription, in old handwriting, specifies "de la main de Mme Vigée Le Brun" - Elisabeth Vigée married Jean-Baptiste Le Brun in 1776, who, after training as a painter, took over his father's picture business - He became one of the most important picture dealers of his time, He became one of the most important art dealers of his time, opening a prestigious gallery and organizing the most successful auctions - His wife Elisabeth collaborated with him, making copies of the great masters for him - It is therefore natural that she should have written this receipt - It is her handwriting and in the calligraphy of "Le Brun", This receipt is intended to acknowledge payment by Jean-Baptiste Le Brun to Adélaïde MOITTE of the sum of 72 livres for a drawing after Holbein [the 16th century painter Hans Holbein?] and a retouch of a Van Geel [17th century painter Jacob van Geel?] - Adélaïde MOITTE(née Castellas, 1747-1807) was an artist-painter, student of Jean-Jacques Le barbier, who married the sculptor Jean-Guillaume MOITTE(1746-1810) - She is known for the quality of her drawings and ink washes, and for her involvement during the Revolution (she led a procession of 11 women artists in September 1789 who presented themselves before the National Assembly to offer the Nation their jewelry) / Attached: A similar receipt, 1 page in-8 (18.5 x 12 cm) also addressed to Adélaïde MOITTE, but probably written by Jean-Baptiste LE BRUN, drawn up in Paris on November 19, 1782 - Adélaïde MOITTE, who signed, acknowledges having received from Jean-Baptiste LE BRUN the sum of 48 livres for a drawing by Flinck [the 17th century painter Gover Flinck?Adélaïde Moitte was therefore a regular collaborator of Jean-Baptiste Le Brun.
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