Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit (7 March 1784 – 7 January 1862) was a French oil painter, primarily of portraits and historical scenes.[1]
Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit | |
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 1835 portrait of Hersent by Louise Adélaïde Desnos, one of her students | |
| Born | Louise Marie Jeanne Mauduit 7 March 1784 |
| Died | 7 January 1862 (aged 77) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse | Louis Hersent |
From 1810 to 1824, her works were exhibited at the Paris Salon, and she received two first-class medals in 1817 and 1819.[1][2] Jean Baptiste Tardieu engraved several of her works.[1][2]
Biography
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Louise Marie-Jeanne Mauduit was born in Paris on 7 March 1784 to an unknown mother and Antoine-René Mauduit, an architect and mathematician.[1]
In 1810, her works[which?] were first displayed at the Paris Salon, and would be displayed until 1824. Her artworks[which?] obtained first-class medals in 1817 and 1819.[1][2]
She studied under Charles Meynier and possibly her husband, Louis Hersent.[when?]
In 1821, she married the painter Louis Hersent.[3] Her husband is also notable for his portrait and history paintings.[2]
Hersent herself took on female pupils, among them the porcelain painter Marie Virginie Boquet[3] and portrait painter Louise Adélaïde Desnos.
Gallery
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Pauline Bonaparte, 1806 -
Nymph, c. 1810 -
Portrait of an anonymous woman, 1812 -
Portrait of a woman holding a book, 1814. -
The Good Mother, 1814 -
Madame de Fumel, 1816; possibly prize winner of the 1819 Paris Salon -
Elijah Resuscitating the Son of the Widow of Sarepta, 1819; possibly prize winner of the 1819 Paris Salon -
Portrait of a Boy in Green, 1819 -
Portrait of a young woman leaning on a meridienne, 1828 -
Portrait of Monsieur Arachequesne, 1830 -
Woman in a blue dress, 1831 -
Peter I of Russia and Louis XV of France, (copy after Louise Hersent)
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e Bénézit, Emmanuel (1924). Dictionnaire Critique Et Documentaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs & Graveurs de Tous Les Temps Et de Tous Les Pays: D-K (in French). R. Roger et F. Chernoviz.
- ^ a b c d Mauduit mentioned in biography of her husband Louis Hersent, by Michael Bryan
- ^ a b Louise Marie Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit in the RKD
- 2 artworks by or after Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit at the Art UK site
- Print in Harvard Art museums by Pierre François Bertonnier after Louise-Maire-Jeanne Mauduit, showing that she was a productive artist before her marriage in 1821
- Louise Marie Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit on Artnet