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File:Emma Hamilton by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun.jpg

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English: Lady Hamilton as either a bacchante or Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete in Greek mythology, by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun.

Sir William Hamilton commissioned it. Both Hamilton and Nelson greatly admired this portrait.

Nelson wrote to Emma on hearing the painting was up for sale: “My dearest friend you are on SALE: I am almost mad to think of the iniquity.” Nelson paid £300 for it, and from then it hung over his bed for the rest of his life.
Date between circa 1790 and circa 1792
date QS:P,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/23/portrait-emma-hamilton-lord-nelson-on-display-national-maritime-museum
Author
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun  (1755–1842)  wikidata:Q213163 s:fr:Auteur:Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun q:fr:Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
 
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Alternative names
Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; Vigée-Le Brun; Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
Description French portrait painter
Date of birth/death 16 April 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 30 March 1842 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work location
Vienna; Antwerp; City of Brussels; Paris; Versailles; Berlin; Rome; Amsterdam; The Hague; Rotterdam; Russia; London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q213163

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