Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (1755–1842), Celebration of Alpine Herders in Unspunnen on August 17, 1808; 1808/1809

Museum of Fine Arts Bern

This painting depicts the second Unspunnen Festival, which took place on 17. August 1808. The Artist attended the Festival in the Bernese Oberland in company with Madame de Stael who is standing arm in arm with an elegantly dressed gentleman in the centre of the picture. Can you find the artist herself in the painting ? From the podcast series featuring highlights of the Kunstmuseum Bern’s collection.