Louise-Madeleine Cochin

Portrait of Louise-Madeleine Hortemels by Jean-Michel Moreau

After Alexis Simon Belle : Emmanuel Henri Thimoléon de Cossé de Brissac

Louise-Madeleine Cochin , née Horthemels (* 1686 in Paris ; † October 2, 1767 there ), was a French engraver and painter .

She came from a family of booksellers and publishers. Her parents were Daniel Horthemels and Marie-Anne Cellier , who was also the daughter of a bookseller. Three of her four siblings, Marie-Anne , Marie-Nicole and Frederic , also became engravers. The brothers Denis and Daniel II became booksellers and publishers.

In 1713 she married the engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin . In 1715 their son was born, who was also baptized with the name Charles-Nicolas and was therefore nicknamed the younger . Furthermore, a daughter, Madeleine-Geneviève, was born, who also became a copperplate engraver.

At a young age, in addition to the copperplate engravings, she created a cycle of pictures about the Port Royal des Champs convent . In the vast majority, however, she engraved works after painters such as Nicolas Poussin , Charles Le Brun , Antoine Coypel or Claude Vignon .

She signed her works differently. Among other things with maid. Horthemels , Magdalena Horthemels, Cochin or Madeleine Cochin .

Creation (excerpt)

• A cycle of images of 28 panels from the Port Royal des Champs monastery
• Portrait of Emmanuel-Henri-Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac
• Illustrations for the book Le Diable boiteux
• Illustration Le Chanteur de Cantiques
• The historical scene of La charming Catin

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  Care of the sick

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  Nuns meet in solitude

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  Main view of Port Royal des Champs

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  Alms for the poor

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  Plan of Port Royal des Champs

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  Second conquest of Franche Comté

literature

• Société de l'histoire de l'art français: Archives de l'art français , 1855, p. 54, digitized
• Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie : Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française , 1882–1885, p. 65, digitized
• Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen : Précis analytique des travaux de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen , 1946, p. 381, digitized

Web links

• Information on Louise-Madeleine Cochin in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
• Literature by and about Louise-Madeleine Cochin in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
• Engravings by Louise-Madeleine Cochin in the Bibliothèque nationale de France