# The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LEMOINE, Marie-Victoire](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lemoine-marie-victoire-r477d3714c0755c>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 117 x 89 cm

## Commentary

This picture is believed to be a painting of Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun by Lemoine, who pays homage to her by showing herself as the pupil. Vigée-Lebrun is shown palette and mahlstick in hand, pausing from work on an Antique-inspired subject, a votary of Athena, goddess of wisdom and patron of the arts, while her pupil makes a copy of it. It can be interpreted as eulogising Vigée-Lebrun as the original ground-breaker, the high priestess of female artists. The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1796 in Paris.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of a Young Lady](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lemoine-marie-victoire-r477d3714c0755c/portrait-of-a-young-lady-re52e6c029ca84a>)
- [Two Sisters](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lemoine-marie-victoire-r477d3714c0755c/two-sisters-r16894980738348>)
- [Woman and Cupid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lemoine-marie-victoire-r477d3714c0755c/woman-and-cupid-rba789914ae362c>)

## Attribution

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