Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot

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Self-portrait by Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, 1800
Haudebourt-Lescot Atelier in Paris

Antoinette Cecile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (born December 14, 1784 in Paris ; † January 2, 1845 there ) was a French painter who made numerous portraits of European nobles . Her works can be assigned to classicism .

Life

Haudebourt-Lescot was a student of the famous portrait painter Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and Guillaume Guillon Lethière and later taught herself, including the painter Marie-Ernestine Serret (1812-1884).

Some of Haudebourt-Lescot's works can now be admired in the Musée du Louvre .

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