Ernestine Panckoucke, née Désormeaux, aka Anne-Ernestine Panckoucke (1784-1860), was a French botanical illustrator and flower painter.
She described herself as a 'translator of
Goethe's poems, pupil of Redouté and designer of
Chaumeton's "Flore Médicale"', published by her husband Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke (1780-1844). She illustrated this work with
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840). She is thought to have met Redouté at either the
Château de Malmaison whilst a student under
Prud'hon, or at
Jean-Baptiste Isabey's studio while sitting for a portrait. Afterwards she regularly attended Redoute's classes at the
Jardin des Plantes. Redouté had been commissioned by Empress Joséphine to depict the roses and lilies at Malmaison.
One of her works was sold at the
Duc de Berry's 1834 sale.
Publications
* "Poesies de Goethe" - translated from the German by E. Panckoucke - published in 1825 in French
* "Fables" by
Phèdre - published in 1834 in Latin
* "Poésies nouvelles de Magu, Tisserand à Lizy-sur-Ourcq" - published in 1842 in French
Gallery
Arum maculatum00.jpg,
Ernestine Panckoucke16.jpg,
Ernestine Panckoucke17.jpg,
Ernestine Panckoucke18.jpg,
Physalis alkekengi00.jpg,
References
1784 births
1860 deaths
Botanical illustrators
Translators of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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