Joseph Baillio is an independent scholar in New York. Katharine Baetjer is curator, Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Paul Lang is deputy director and chief curator, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
"The research is meticulously detailed and presented in an
accessible, understated way. There is a succinct biographical
essay, a crisply written overview of women artists’ dealings with
the Académie, and an account of Vigée Le Brun’s travels. The real
treasures, though, are the artworks themselves, generously
presented in colour reproduction."—Melissa Percival, French
Studies
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