Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun (1755 - 1842)

10. Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun (1755 - 1842) with $7.1m for her Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan (1788), which was auctioned at Sothebys' New York in 2019; the oil painting depicts the Indian ambassador sent by Tipu Sultan to the French court, where he posed for the Parisian painter, considered one of the best portrait painters of her time.

Elisabeth Vige Le Brun, Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan, 1788