Artist Name:Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
Painting Title:Madame Rousseau and her Daughter
Year:1789
Museum:Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
This one is very similar to the one we saw of Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun's self portrait with her daughter. The image truly focuses on the importance of maternity and motherhood. A dominant female role is the mother and in this painting along with the one we looked at truly emphasizes the importance. We can see in this painting the mother and daughter are showing affection in the way they are so close and holding hands. There expressions do not look quite as loving in this painting in comparison to the one we looked at in class. There gaze is in different directions, but still have that sense of closeness that shows love. The way the mother is looking directly at us seems like she and her daughter were distracted and turned to see something. The clothing in this portrait seems elegant and rich in color. These colors are quite rich and deep. Once again this painting is focusing on the importance of the role of being a mother.
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I like this painting a lot and i agree with you that it seems they are not as close as the other picture we saw of motherhood but still adore each other with them being shown holding hands. It seems she has captured them in a moment.
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