Angélique-Louise Verrier (1762–1805) was a French painter. Born in the Parisian parish of Saint-Eustache, Verrier was a pupil of

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (; 11 April 1749 – 24 April 1803), also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus, was a French Portrait miniature, miniaturist and portrait painter. She was an advocate for women to receive the same opportunities ...

. In 1785, she exhibited work in the

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, and in 1802 paintings by her hand appeared in the

Paris Salon The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...

. She is recorded as a

pastel A pastel () is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder (material), binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms. The pigments used in pastels are ...

list in a 1786 letter published in the ''

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''. By 1799, she was married to a Louis Maillard, and in that year their son Louis-Auguste-Jean-Baptiste was baptized at

Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois The Church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois () is a medieval Roman Catholic church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, directly across from the Louvre Palace. It was named for Saint Germanus of Auxerre, a medieval bishop of Auxerre, who became a papal ...

. Maillard was dead by October 1801, when a posthumous inventory of his possessions was taken. Verrier remains an obscure figure; long conflated with her contemporary Marie-Nicole Vestier. It was only in 2016 that information about her career was first published.Profile
in the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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1762 births 1805 deaths 18th-century French painters 19th-century French painters Painters from Paris French pastel artists Pupils of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard French women pastel artists 18th-century French women painters 19th-century French women painters {{France-painter-18thC-stub