Louise Hersent

• Name — Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit • Birth Name — Louise Marie Jeanne Mauduit • Birthplace — Paris • Place of death — Paris • Born — 7 March 1784 • Died — 7 January 1862 • Spouse — Louis Hersent • Illustration — Sketch of Hersent by François Joseph Heim for his large group portrait of artists featuring Charles X Distributing Awards to Artists Exhibiting at the Salon of 1824 at the Louvre, 1827, Louvre

• Illustration — Hersent depicted in François Joseph Heim's 1827 painting, Charles X Distributing Awards to Artists Exhibiting at the Salon of 1824 Louise Marie-Jeanne Mauduit was born in Paris on 7 March 1784 to an unknown mother and Antoine-René Mauduit, an architect and mathematician. In 1810, her works were first displayed at the Paris Salon, and would be displayed until 1824. Her artworks obtained first-class medals in 1817 and 1819. She studied under Charles Meynier and possibly her husband, Louis Hersent. In 1821, she married the painter Louis Hersent. Her husband is also notable for his portrait and history paintings. Hersent herself took on female pupils, among them the porcelain painter Marie Virginie Boquet and portrait painter Louise Adélaïde Desnos.

• Illustration — Portrait of a woman, falsely said to be Pauline Bonaparte, 1806 • Illustration — Nymph, c. 1810 • Illustration — Portrait of an anonymous woman, 1812 • Illustration — Portrait of a woman holding a book, 1814. • Illustration — The Good Mother, 1814 • Illustration — Madame de Fumel, 1816; possibly prize winner of the 1819 Paris Salon • Illustration — Elijah Resuscitating the Son of the Widow of Sarepta, 1819; possibly prize winner of the 1819 Paris Salon • Illustration — Portrait of a Boy in Green, 1819 • Illustration — Portrait of a young woman leaning on a meridienne, 1828 • Illustration — Portrait of Monsieur Arachequesne, 1830 • Illustration — Woman in a blue dress, 1831 • Illustration — Peter I of Russia and Louis XV of France, (copy after Louise Hersent)

The authorities additionally record the headings Mme Louise Marie-Jeanne Mauduit, Louise-Marie-Jeanne Mauduit, Louise-Marie-Jeanne Hersent, Louise Mauduit and Mme Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent. Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Antoine-René Mauduit. She married Louis Hersent.