Marie Courtois (c. 1655 – 13 October 1703) was a French

miniature painter A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...

. She was a pupil of Le Brun. In 1675 she married Marc Nattier (1642–1705), a portrait painter. They were the parents of the more famous portrait painter

Jean-Marc Nattier Jean-Marc Nattier (17 March 1685 – 7 November 1766) was a French painter. He was born in Paris, the second son of Marc Nattier (1642–1705), a portrait painter, and of Marie Courtois (1655–1703), a miniaturist. He is noted for hi ...

(1685 – 1766), their second son. She died in Paris in 1703.

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