Marguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright. Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot. From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hosted a literary salon on Paris's rue de Seine. Her plays were collected in four volumes and published as ''Theâtre complet'' in 1848. She published two memoirs: ''Les Salons de Paris, foyers éteints'' (1858) and ''Un salon de Paris 1824-64'' (1866). Her most important novels include ''Georgine'' (1855), ''Une route sans issue'' (1857), and ''Un nœud de ruban'' (1858). Henry IV & Catherine de Médicis (Marguerite-Virginie Ancelot, 1819)

Henry IV & Catherine de Médicis (Marguerite-Virginie Ancelot, 1819)

Exhibitions

* ''La Veuve du Roi Ban'' and several portraits,

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of 1814 * ''Louis XIV'', at the death bed of Jacques II, Salon of 1817

Collections

* Musée Carnavalet, Paris : ''François Ancelot (1794-1854), auteur dramatique'', 1819, oil on canvas

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* 1792 births 1875 deaths Artists from Dijon French women dramatists and playwrights French women painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French women artists 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French women writers French salon-holders Writers from Dijon {{France-novelist-stub