Constance Marie Charpentier

Training under Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Johann Georg Wille and Jacques-Louis David is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and genre. Works named in the authority record are Melancholy. Work by Constance Marie Charpentier is recorded in the collections of Musée Carnavalet, Musée de Picardie, Nationalmuseum and Clark Art Institute.

• Name — Constance Marie Charpentier • Birth Name — Constance-Marie Blondelu • Born — 4 April 1767 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 3 August 1849 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting

Records of Charpentier's training are unclear, but she might have studied with numerous artists. She is typically believed to have studied with the acclaimed French painter Jacques-Louis David, but may also have been a pupil of François Gérard, Pierre Bouillon, Louis Lafitte and either Johann Georg Wille or his son, Pierre-Alexandre Wille. • Illustration — Constance Marie Charpentier, Melancholy, 1801, oil on canvas, 130 x 165 cm. Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France In 1788 she received a 'Prix d'Encouragement.' From 1795 to 1819 she exhibited approximately thirty paintings at various Salons, winning a gold medal in 1814 at the Paris Salon and a silver medal in 1821 at the Salon at Douai. It is believed that some of Charpentier's works were incorrectly attributed to her teacher, David. The well-known painting Young Woman Drawing (1801) was incorrectly attributed first to David, then to Charpentier, and is now believed to be the work of Marie-Denise Villers. Based on surviving, positively identified works by Charpentier, she is considered one of the finest portrait painters of her era.

The authorities additionally record the headings Constance Blondel Charpentier, Constance Marie Charpentier (married name), Constance-Marie (married name) Charpentier, Constance Marie (maiden name) Blondelu and Constance Marie née Blondelu. Her recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Julie Constance Charpentier. Other recorded relations include Antoinette Gabrielle Danton.

Constance Marie Charpentier is recorded as painter. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.