The Fabulous Life Of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Portraitist Of Marie-Antoinette

Episode 1

Part 1: The Portrait Of The Queen

Painter to the courts of Europe and friend of Marie-Antoinette, the life of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun is captured here with excerpts from her memoires and recreations of the tumultuous events of her time. Her early life was spent in France, until her exile at the time of the French Revolution.