Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux
Jeanne Philiberte Ledoux (Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1790)
Born	1767 Paris
Died	12 October 1840 Belleville
Nationality	French

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux (1767 – 12 October 1840) was a French painter. Ledoux was born in Paris and took lessons from Jean-Baptiste Greuze.[1] Her work was first seen in public in 1793, when she showed three paintings in the Salon: Painting at Rest, Little Girls at a Crossroads, and Concealed Love.[2] She is known for miniatures and portraits and exhibited in the Paris Salons from 1793 to 1819,[3] in which she was a frequent exhibitor.[2] Only one work attributed to Ledoux is signed, and none are dated.[2]

Ledoux died in Belleville.

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  Portrait of a girl
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  Bust of a young girl
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  Bust of girl
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  A Girl in Prayer

References

1. Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux in the RKD
2. Harris, Ann Sutherland; Nochlin, Linda; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1989-01-01). Women artists: 1550-1950. Los Angeles, Calif.; New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Knopf. pp. 205. ISBN 0394733266.
3. Morgan, Barbara (2002). "Ledoux, Jeanne Philiberte (1767–1840)". In Commire, Anne (ed.). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Waterford, Connecticut: Yorkin Publications. ISBN 0-7876-4074-3. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20.

Further reading

• Harris, Ann Sutherland, and Linda Nochlin. Women Artists 1550–1950. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Knopf, 1976.

External links

• 4 artworks by or after Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux at the Art UK site

Media related to Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux at Wikimedia Commons