3 - FRENCH SCHOOL OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Oil painting on canvas, still on its original canvas. Measurements: canvas 101x82 cm, with gilded frame 109x89 cm. A COPY FROM THE CELEBRATED SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE FRENCH PAINTER ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN, created in 1790. Housed in the Uffizi Gallery in the self-portraits room. Measurements 100x81 cm. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) was one of the most important and celebrated portrait painters of the 18th century, known in particular for being the official painter and friend of Queen Marie Antoinette. In the painting, the artist portrays herself at the age of about 35, with a serene gaze and a hint of a smile. She holds a palette with brushes in her hand and is completing a portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette on canvas, as a tribute and sign of devotion. This detail represents a strong and courageous declaration of loyalty and devotion to her queen and to the Ancien Régime, precisely as the French monarchy was collapsing. The artist wears an elegant blue/black silk dress with a ruffled white lace collar, enlivened by a striking red sash tied at the waist. The three dominant colors (white, red, and blue/black) symbolically recall France. Although she was about 35 years old at the time of its execution, the painter chose to idealize her features, portraying herself with fair skin and a radiant, serene expression, hiding the turmoil caused by her painful exile. The original oil painting on canvas is preserved in Italy, at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The copyist, with great mastery, achieved clear and transparent glazes in the flesh tones using soft, fine-haired brushes to apply almost invisible layers of color. She executed a copy of the original with extraordinary pictorial quality.