Catherine Duchemin

French artist (1630–1698)

François Girardon

(m. 1657)

Catherine Duchemin (French pronunciation: [katʁin dyʃəmɛ̃]; 12 November 1630 – 21 September 1698) was a French flower and fruit painter.

She was born in Paris as the daughter of the sculptor Jaques Duchemin and Elizabeth Hubault. She married the sculptor Girardon in 1657, and 14 April 1663 was received into the Academy as the first lady on whom this honour had been conferred.^[1] Her reception piece was a flower still-life. Her portrait was painted by Sébastien Bourdon, whose portrait she also painted.^[2] The portrait of her by Bourdon was shown at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1878), "Les Portraits nationaux", palais du Trocadéro.^[3]

She had around 10 children which probably affected her productivity as a painter. She died in Paris.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Bryan 1886
^ "FREN 3312 - Le projet d'honneur". femmes-de-lacademie.blogspot.nl.
^ "Notice historique et analytique des peintures, sculptures, tapisseries, miniatures, émaux, dessins, etc. exposés dans les galeries des portraits nationaux au Palais du Trocadéro". Paris : Imprimerie nationale. 28 July 1879 – via Internet Archive.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Duchemin, Catherine". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.