Editing Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (section)

== Portrayal in popular culture ==
The 2014 docudrama made for French television, ''Le fabuleux destin d'Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun,'' directed by Arnaud Xainte,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://francecanadaculture.org/film-tv-media/arnaud-xainte-producerdirector/ |title=Arnaud XAINTE – Producer/Director |website=francecanadaculture |language=en |access-date=31 March 2020}}.</ref> and starring Marlène Goulard and Julie Ravix as the young and old Élisabeth respectively, is available in English as ''The Fabulous Life of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.''

An episode of the 1980 BBC television series, [[100 Great Paintings]], presented by the art historian and author, [[Anita Brookner]], featured Vigée Le Brun's ''Self-portrait with her Daughter, 1789''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001xhzb/anita-brookner-on-art-100-great-paintings |title=Anita Brookner on Art: 100 Great Paintings |language=en |access-date=28 March 2024 |via=bbc.co.uk}}.</ref>

In the episode "The Portrait" from the BBC series ''[[Let Them Eat Cake (TV series)|Let Them Eat Cake]]'' (1999) written by Peter Learmouth, starring [[Dawn French]] and [[Jennifer Saunders]], Madame Vigée Le Brun ([[Maggie Steed]]) paints a portrait of the Comtesse de Vache ([[Jennifer Saunders]]) weeping over a dead canary.<ref>{{Citation |last=Gernon |first=Christine |title=The Portrait |date=23 September 1999 |work=Let Them Eat Cake |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0630768/ |access-date=11 February 2025 |others=Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Scarborough}}</ref>

Vigée Le Brun is one of only three characters in Joel Gross's ''Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh'' (premiered in 2007), a fictionalized historical drama about a love triangle set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.<ref>{{cite news|title=How a Queen Lost Her Heart Before She Lost Her Head|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|newspaper=New York Times|date=11 April 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/theater/reviews/11fles.html}}</ref>

Vigée Le Brun's portrait of Marie Antoinette is featured on the cover of the 2010 album ''[[Nobody's Daughter]]'' by [[Hole (band)|Hole]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hole Reveal New Album Art and Tracklist |url=https://www.spin.com/2010/03/hole-reveal-new-album-art-and-tracklist/ |access-date=1 November 2019 |work=Spin |date=25 March 2010}}.</ref>

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is a dateable [[non-player character]] in the historically-based [[dating sim]] video game ''Ambition: A Minuet in Power'' published by Joy Manufacturing Co.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-08-ambition-a-minuet-in-power-wants-to-meet-underserved-audiences-with-extravagance |title=Ambition: A Minuet in Power's extravagant aspirations |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |website=GamesIndustry.biz |date=9 July 2020 |access-date=11 September 2021}}.</ref>

Singer-songwriter Kelly Chase released the song "Portrait of a Queen" in 2021 to accompany the History Detective Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3 Marie Antionette's Portrait Artist: Vigée Le Brun.

In the PBS historical drama series [[Marie Antoinette (TV series)|''Marie Antoinette'' (2022)]], Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun is portrayed by actress Leïla Muse. In the episode "Treacherous Legacy" (Season 2, Episode 3), she is shown painting the queen in her iconic portrait [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656930 ''Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress''] (1783), which sparked backlash for depicting the queen in informal attire. Following the controversy, the painting was revised and became the more familiar ''[[Marie Antoinette with a Rose]]'' (1783).