Charlotte Vignon (1639 – c.1700) was a
French still life painter.
Vignon was born in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
as one of the children of the painter
Claude Vignon
Claude Vignon (19 May 1593 – 10 May 1670) was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator who worked in a wide range of genres.Paola Pacht Bassani. "Vignon, Claude." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 November ...
and his first wife Charlotte de Leu, who was the daughter of the engraver
Thomas de Leu. Her older siblings Philippe Vignon and Claude-Francois Vignon also became painters. Presumably she learned to paint with her family, but her unsigned oeuvre consists mostly of still life works in the manner of
Louise Moillon
Louise Moillon (1610–1696) was a French still life painter in the Baroque era. It is recorded that she became known as one of the best still life painters of her time, as her work was purchased by King Charles I of England, as well as French nob ...
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[painting record]
in Sotheby's sale, 2018 She married Joseph Régnault in 1655 and lived in Paris.
[ In 1670, she was admitted to the ]Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (; en, "Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture") was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abol ...
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References
* ''La vie silencieuse en France: la nature morte au XVIIIe siècle'', by Michel Faré, Fabrice Faré, Office du Livre, 1976,
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1639 births
1700s deaths
Painters from Paris
French still life painters
French women painters