Lunchtime Gallery Talk: Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Countess Golovine

Location
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Category
Alumni, Arts and Law, International, Research, Students
Date(s)
Thursday 2nd February 2012 (13:15-13:30)
Contact

For more information contact 0121 414 6993 or visit www.barber.org.uk

Admission FREE

Description
Vigée-Lebrun

Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Countess Golovine

Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842)
Countess Golovine, about 1797/1800

Talk by Maria Daniels, Barber Slide/Visual Resources Librarian

Who was Countess Golovine? What does her gaze reveal? Why was the artist in exile? Find out more about one of the Barber’s most-loved paintings during this illuminating talk.