Question

This artist's daughter Julie appears in one self-portrait that led this painter to be attacked by critics for smiling. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this artist who drew compositional elements for a portrait of the noblewoman Yolande de Polastron from Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat.
ANSWER: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun [or Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun; accept Madame Le Brun; prompt on Le Brun]
[10e] Vigée Le Brun's Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat was inspired by this artist's portrait of Susanna Lunden. This Flemish artist depicted many of his trademark fleshy nudes in Descent from the Cross.
ANSWER: Peter Paul Rubens
[10m] In Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, Vigée Le Brun holds one of these objects with her left hand. These objects, which may be kidney-shaped, name diamond or oval-shaped knives used to mix or scrape paint.
ANSWER: palettes [accept palette knives]
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