Birth of renowned French portraitist Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.
On April 16, 1755, Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was born in Paris, France. From a young age, she was immersed in the art world, thanks to her father's profession as an artist. Her birth marks the advent of one of the most celebrated female portraitists of the 18th century, whose works would come to symbolize the refined elegance of the aristocracy during pre-revolutionary France.