Catherine Duchemin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Catherine Duchemin

painter from France

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1630

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1698

Profession: painter, botanical illustrator

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Catherine Duchemin (12 November 1630 – 21 September 1698) was a French flower and fruit painter. She was born in Paris as the daughter of the sculptor Jaques Duchemin and Elizabeth Hubault.
She married the sculptor Girardon in 1657, and 14 April 1663 was received into the Academy as the first lady on whom this honour had been conferred.
Her reception piece was a flower still-life.
Her portrait was painted by Sébastien Bourdon, whose portrait she also painted.
The portrait of her by Bourdon was shown at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1878), "Les Portraits nationaux", palais du Trocadéro.She had around 10 children which probably affected her productivity as a painter.
She died in Paris.



Description	French painter, draughtsman, engraver and fresco painter
Date of birth/death	2 February 1616	8 May 1671
Location of birth/death	Montpellier	Paris
Work period	from 1623 until 1671 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1623-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1671-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Paris (1623–1630), Southern France (1630–1634), Rome (1634–1637), Venice (1637), Paris (1637–1652), Stockholm (1652–1653), Paris (1654–1657), Montpellier (1657–1658), Paris (1658–1671)
Authority control	: Q553795 VIAF: 2637215 ISNI: 0000 0000 8076 1221 ULAN: 500006900 LCCN: nr94042918 WGA: BOURDON, Sébastien WorldCat