Marie-Geneviève Hérault (born Marie-Geneviève de Lens, sometimes de Lance) (c. 1655 – c. 1712) was a French painter. Born in

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, Hérault was married to painter Charles-Antoine Hérault; their daughter, whom they both taught, was the painter

Marie-Catherine Silvestre Marie-Catherine Silvestre, born Marie-Catherine Hérault (1680–1743) was a French painter. Born in Paris, Silvestre was the daughter of Charles-Antoine Hérault and his wife Marie-Geneviève, who were her first teachers. In 1706 she married th ...

. She has been described as excelling in the arts of

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and

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

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