Marie-Françoise de Saint-Aubin (1753–1822) was a French artist. Born in Paris, Saint-Aubin was the daughter of

Charles Germain de Saint Aubin Charles Germain de Saint Aubin (17 January 1721 – 6 March 1786) was a French drawing, draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV. Published a classic reference on embroidery, ''L'Art du Brodeur'' ("Art of the Embroiderer") in 1770. ...

; her uncles were the noted artists Augustin and

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, also Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, (Paris, 14 April 1724 - Paris, 14 February 1780) was a French draftsman, printmaker, etcher and painter. Biography His brothers Charles Germain de Saint Aubin and Augustin de Saint-A ...

. She married one Jacques-Roch Donnebecq, ''plumassier du roi'', in 1773, but separated from him twenty years later. A number of drawings by Marie-Françoise, dating to the early 1770s, may be found among those in the ''Livre des Saint-Aubin'', now in the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

. These are in various media; some contain

pastel A pastel () is an art medium in a variety of forms including a stick, a square a pebble or a pan of color; though other forms are possible; they consist of powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those use ...

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in the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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1753 births 1822 deaths 18th-century French women artists 19th-century French women artists Artists from Paris {{France-artist-stub