Antoinette-Cécile-Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (14 December 1784 – 2 January 1845) was a French painter, mainly of

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s. A native of Paris, she began studies with

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, a popular

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and family friend, at the age of seven; when he was appointed director of the

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in Rome in 1807, she followed him, arriving in 1808 and remaining there until 1816. There she depicted the

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and costumes of Italian peasants in great detail. Such foreign experience was rare for a woman artist, and influenced much of her work. She regularly exhibited her work at the

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, showing some 110 paintings there between 1811 and 1840. Haudebourt-Lescot married the architect Louis-Pierre Haudebourt in 1820, and died in Paris in 1845. As a teacher, Haudebourt-Lescot's pupils included the painters Herminie Déhérain and

Marie-Ernestine Serret Marie-Ernestine Serret (1812–1884) was a French painter and pastellist. Born in Paris, 12 September 1812, she exhibited her work under her maiden name, Serret, although later she did so using her married name, Cabart. Marie-Ernestine was the ...

.Profile of Marie-Ernestine Serret
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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1784 births 1845 deaths French women painters Painters from Paris 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub