Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet

Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet (née Gabiou; died 18 April 1832) was a French painter and the wife of the sculptor Antoine Denis Chaudet, who had also been her teacher.

Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet
Born
Jeanne-Elisabeth Gabiou

Paris, France
Died18 April 1832
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Spouse(s)Antoine Denis Chaudet (??–1810)
Pierre-Arsène Denis Husson (1812–18??)

Her father, Louis Gabiou, was a wig maker. After the death of her first husband in 1810, she married, secondly, in 1812, to Pierre-Arsène Denis Husson, a civil servant. Her painting Portrait of Madame Villot, née Barbier, was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[1] She continued to exhibit at the Salon until 1817. She died of cholera.

Chaudet was the sister-in-law of painter Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou;[2] she was also a distant cousin of Gabiou and her sisters, Marie-Denise Villers and Marie-Victoire Lemoine.

  • Little girl eating cherries, 1817, Musée Marmottan Monet
    Little girl eating cherries, 1817, Musée Marmottan Monet
  • Cupid depicted in Love who has just stolen a rose, circa 1796. Oil on parquet panel.
    Cupid depicted in Love who has just stolen a rose, circa 1796. Oil on parquet panel.
  • A young girl mourning her dead dove, 1808, Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras
    A young girl mourning her dead dove, 1808, Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras
  • A little girl wanting to teach her dog how to read. Exhibited at the Salon of 1799.
    A little girl wanting to teach her dog how to read. Exhibited at the Salon of 1799.
  • Portrait of Madame Villot, née Barbier, shown at the Paris Salon of 1817 as A Girl Carrying her Father's Sword
    Portrait of Madame Villot, née Barbier, shown at the Paris Salon of 1817 as A Girl Carrying her Father's Sword

References
  1. Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905
  2. Profile of Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.

Further reading
  • Geneviève Lacambre, "Jeanne-Élisabeth Chaudet", in : Pierre Rosenberg et al. (Ed.), De David à Delacroix. La Peinture française de 1774 à 1830, (exhibition catalog), Paris, Grand Palais, 1974, pp.348-349
  • Charlotte Foucher, ", "Jeanne-Elisabeth Gabiou", In: Dictionnaire des femmes de l'Ancien Régime, STEFAR, 2008 (Online)

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