Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit
1835 portrait of Hersent by Louise Adélaïde Desnos, one of her students
Born	Louise Marie Jeanne Mauduit (1784-03-07)7 March 1784 Paris
Died	7 January 1862(1862-01-07) (aged 77) Paris
Nationality	French
Spouse	Louis Hersent

Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit (7 March 1784 – 7 January 1862) was a French oil painter, primarily of portraits and historical scenes. ^[1]

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

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
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  Nymph, c. 1810
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  Portrait of an anonymous woman, 1812
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  Portrait of a woman, 1814; possibly Hortense de Beauharnais
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  Madame de Fumel, 1816; possibly prize winner of the 1819 Paris Salon
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  Elijah Resuscitating the Son of the Widow of Sarepta, 1819; possibly prize winner of the 1819 Paris Salon
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  Portrait of a Boy in Green, 1819
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  Portrait of a young woman leaning on a meridienne, 1828
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  Portrait of Monsieur Arachequesne, 1830
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  Woman in a blue dress, 1831
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  Peter I of Russia and Louis XV of France, 1838
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  Daphnis and Chloe, 1842

References

• 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

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