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Herminie Déhérain

Herminie Déhérain was born in Abbeville, Déhérain was a pupil of Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot prior to her marriage to magistrate Alexandre Déhérain. The couple had a son, Pierre, who became a botanist, and a daughter who became a portraitist. Déhérain exhibited at the Paris Salon beginning in 1827 and continuing until the year of her death; in 1831 she won a second-class medal, and in 1833 receiving plaudits from critics for a portrait of Antonin Moine, today owned by the musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Also recorded as Herminie Lerminie, épouse Déhérain · Herminie Lerminier · Herminie Dehrain · Mlle Herminie

Herminie Déhérain

L’artiste illustre ici la pénitence de Marie-Madeleine dans la grotte de la Sainte-Baume, renonçant à toutes les vanités du monde et méditant dans la solitude. À ses pieds figure un crâne, symbole de méditation, et sur le rocher, à gauche de la composition, un vase de parfum et des bijoux rappellent sa vie passée. Exaltée par la prière, elle est mise en valeur par une lumière divine tombant direct

Herminie Déhérain · musée d'art et d'histoire de Cholet [1] · Public domain

Full name
Herminie Lerminier.
Born
1798 · Abbeville.
Died
1839 · Paris.
Nationality
France
Occupation
painter
Teachers
Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot
Languages
French

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