Virginie Polyxène Augustine Philippe Dallemagne, a French

miniature painter A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...

, whose maiden name was Decagny, was a native of

Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

. She was a pupil of Madame de Mirbel, and showed much talent in the execution of portraits in miniature and in crayons. She married Adolphe Dallemagne, a landscape painter, and died at Corbeil in 1876.

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* 1821 births 1875 deaths French portrait miniaturists People from Beauvais French women painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women artists 19th-century women painters {{France-painter-19thC-stub