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Marie Bourdereau

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Marie Bourdereau
Presumed portrait of Marie Bourdereau by Isabelle Pinson, 19th-century
Born(1740-01-11)11 January 1740
Died9 January 1823(1823-01-09) (aged 82)
Other namesMadame Proteau
Spouse
(m. 1768; died 1771)
ChildrenIsabelle Pinson

Marie Proteau[note 1] (née Bourdereau; 11 January 1740 – 9 January 1823), commonly known as Madame Proteau, was the wife of Fabien Proteau and mother of genre painter and portraitist, Isabelle Pinson.

Biography

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Marie Bourdereau was born in 1740, in the small village in Nièvre of Brinon-sur-Beuvron.[1] She was the eldest daughter of Antoine Bourdereau and Barbe Paul.[1]

In 1758, after the death of her parents, Marie and her six younger siblings were taken in by Isabelle de Jaucourt, sister of Louis de Jaucourt to Paris, France.[1] As eldest, Marie became chambermaid to Isabelle.[note 2][2][3] Isabelle lived in a private mansion on the street of Rue de la Chaise [fr].[1]

Marriage

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In 1768, Marie married Fabien Proteau, the valet of the Viscount de Jaucourt.[1] In 1769, they had a daughter, Isabelle Pinson who was named after her godmother, Isabelle de Jaucourt.[1]

On April 17, 1771, Marie became a widow, after 3 years of marriage, her husband, Fabien died.[1] After the death of her spouse, Marie's daughter was cared for by Isabelle de Jaucourt.[4] She received lessons from celebrated artists, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, François-André Vincent and Adelaide Labille-Guiard.[4] On 9 January 1823, at the age of either 82 or 83, Marie died.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ (French: [maʁi pʁɔto])
  2. ^ In 1783, after the death of Isabelle, her siblings became merchants and bourgeois of Paris.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Boulinier 1997, p. 352.
  2. ^ Boulinier 1997, pp. 351–357.
  3. ^ Boulinier 2004, pp. 249–254.
  4. ^ a b Boulinier 2004, p. 250.
  5. ^ "Reconstruction death certificate of Marie Bourdereau". Archived from the original on October 7, 2022.

Bibliography

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