Virginie Ancelot
Virginie Ancelot , origin. Marguerite-Louise Ancelot (born March 15, 1792 in Dijon , † March 21, 1875 in Paris ) was a French writer and painter .
Ancelot came from a long-established family in Dijon, her father was the MP N. Chardon.
At the age of twelve, Ancelot was allowed to go to Paris in 1804 to learn painting in various studios. There she met the writer Jacques-François Ancelot around 1816/17 and married him in 1818. With him she had a daughter, Louise-Edmée, who later married the lawyer Charles Lachaud (1817–1882).
Until her husband's death in 1854, her salon on Rue de Lille (Paris) was a popular weekly meeting point for writers and artists. After that, she withdrew from the public eye and devoted herself to writing alongside her grandson.
Works (selection)
- Plays
- Le chateau de ma nièce. Un acte . 1837
- Clémence ou la fille de l'avocat . 1839
- Isabelle ou two jours d'experience. Un acte . 1838
- Madame Roland . 1843
- Marguerite . 1840
- Novels
- Émerance . 1841
- Une famille parisienne au XIXe siècle . 1857
- La fille d'une joueuse . 1858
- Méderine . 1843
- Renee de Varville . 1853
literature
- H. Buffenoir: Hommes et demeures célèbres. De Chateaubriand à Ernest Renan . Paris 1914
- H. Martineau: Stendhal et le salon de Mme Ancelot . Paris 1932.
Web links
- Literature by and about Virginie Ancelot in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ancelot, Virginie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ancelot, Marguerite-Louise (real name); Chardon, Marguerite-Louise (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dijon , Côte-d'Or department |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1875 |
| Place of death | Paris |