Constance Marie Charpentier

Constance Marie Charpentier
Born	1767 Paris, France
Died	August 3, 1849 age 83 France
Nationality	French
Field	Painting
Works	1787 to circa 1835

Constance Marie Charpentier, Melancholy, 1801, oil on canvas, 130 x 165 cm. Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France

Constance Marie Charpentier (born 1767 Paris, France – August 3, 1849 France) was a French painter. She specialized in sentimental genre scenes and portraits, mainly children and women. She was also known as Constance Marie Bondelu.

She studied under Jacques-Louis David and Francois Gerard. In 1788 she received a 'Prix d'Encouragement.' From 1795 to 1819 she exhibited at the Salon where she received a gold medal.^[1]

She was considered to be one of the finest portrait painters of her age based on the few surviving examples of her work.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Oxford University Press, ed (2002). Art Encyclopedia The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Art Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. 

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Name	Charpentier, Constance Marie
Alternative names	Bondelu, Constance Marie
Short description	French painter
Date of birth	1767
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	August 3, 1849
Place of death	France