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. 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 a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

. These are in various media; some contain

pastel A pastel () is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder (material), binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms. The pigments used in pastels are ...

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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