Villers, Marie-Denise (1774-1821) - 1801 Young Woman Drawing (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Marie-Denise Villers was a French painter, who specialized in portraits. She came from an artistic family, and her sisters Marie-Victoire and Marie-Élisabeth Lemoine were also accomplished artists.
Villers was a student of the French painter Girodet. She first exhibited at the Paris Salon of the Year VII (1799). Her most famous painting, Young Woman Drawing, (1801) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting was attributed to Jacques-Louis David at one time, but was later realized to be Villers' work. It may be a self-portrait of the artist.
Villers, Marie-Denise (1774-1821) - 1801 Young Woman Drawing (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Marie-Denise Villers was a French painter, who specialized in portraits. She came from an artistic family, and her sisters Marie-Victoire and Marie-Élisabeth Lemoine were also accomplished artists.
Villers was a student of the French painter Girodet. She first exhibited at the Paris Salon of the Year VII (1799). Her most famous painting, Young Woman Drawing, (1801) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting was attributed to Jacques-Louis David at one time, but was later realized to be Villers' work. It may be a self-portrait of the artist.