Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux

{{Short description|French painter}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux

| image = Jeanne Philiberte Ledoux, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.jpg

| image_caption = Jeanne Philiberte Ledoux (Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1790)

| birth_date = 1767

| birth_place = Paris

| death_date = 12 October 1840

| death_place = Belleville

| nationality = French

}}

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux (1767 – 12 October 1840) was a French painter.

Ledoux was born in Paris and took lessons from Jean-Baptiste Greuze.[https://rkd.nl/en/artists/48755 Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux] in the RKD Her work was first seen in public in 1793, when she showed three paintings in the Salon: Painting at Rest, Little Girls at a Crossroads, and Concealed Love.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/womenartists155000harr/page/205|title=Women artists: 1550-1950|last1=Harris|first1=Ann Sutherland|last2=Nochlin|first2=Linda|last3=Los Angeles County Museum of Art|date=1989-01-01|publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Knopf|isbn=0394733266|location=Los Angeles, Calif.; New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenartists155000harr/page/205 205]|language=English}} She is known for miniatures and portraits and exhibited in the Paris Salons from 1793 to 1819,{{cite book|last=Morgan|first=Barbara|editor1-last=Commire|editor1-first=Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|date=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications|location=Waterford, Connecticut|isbn=0-7876-4074-3|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591305258.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220185014/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591305258.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-02-20|chapter=Ledoux, Jeanne Philiberte (1767–1840)|url-access=subscription }} in which she was a frequent exhibitor. Only one work attributed to Ledoux is signed, and none are dated.

Ledoux died in Belleville.

File:Retrato de niña - Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux.jpg|Portrait of a girl

File:Bust of a young girl, by Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux.jpg|Bust of a young girl

File:Busto de niña - Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux.jpg|Bust of girl

File:Jeanne Philiberte Ledoux (1767-1840) - A Girl in Prayer - B.M.867 - Bowes Museum.jpg|alt=|A Girl in Prayer

References

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Further reading

  • Harris, Ann Sutherland, and Linda Nochlin. Women Artists 1550–1950. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Knopf, 1976.