Marie-Jeanne Boucher

{{Short description|French painter and engraver (1716–1796)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Marie-Jeanne Boucher

| image = Marie-Jeanne Buzeau by Alexandre Roslin.jpg

| birth_name = Marie-Jeanne Buzeau

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1716|01|09}}

| birth_place = Paris

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1796|12|30|1716|01|09}}

| death_place = Paris

| citizenship = France

| occupation = Painter
Engraver

| movement = Rococo

| spouse = François Boucher

}}

Marie-Jeanne Boucher was a French painter and engraver.

Early years

She was baptized on January 9, 1716, in the parish of Saint-Nicolas des Champs.{{Cite book |last=Jal |first=Augustin |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=BC1Yn4hhFKEC&pg=PA256&dq=1733+%22Marie-Jeanne+Buzeau%22&hl=fr&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvuJG1063yAhUsx4UKHUWIBssQ6AEwAHoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=1733%20%22Marie-Jeanne%20Buzeau%22&f=false |title=Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire: errata et supplément pour tous les dictionnaires historiques, d'après des documents authentiques inédits |date=1872 |publisher=H. Plon |language=fr}}

Works

Several of her works have been attributed to her husband.

Death

She died on Friday 30th December 1796 in her home on the rue de l'Égalité.{{Cite journal |last=Bailey |first=Colin B. |date=2005 |title=Marie-Jeanne Buzeau, Madame Boucher (1716-96) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20073923 |journal=The Burlington Magazine |volume=147 |issue=1225 |pages=224–234 |issn=0007-6287}}

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