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Marie-Madeleine Guimard
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Portrait of Madeleine Guimard (Paris, BNF)
Born 27 December 1743
Died 4 May 1816

Marie-Madeleine Guimard (27 December 1743, Paris — 4 May 1816) was a French ballerina who dominated the Parisian stage during the reign of Louis XVI. For twenty-five years she was the star of the Paris Opera. She made herself even more famous by her long romantic involvement with the Prince of Soubise.

Legacy

Aside from her portrait at the Louvre Museum (illustration), several other Fragonard portrait drawings are conserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon as well as a bust by Gaetano Merchi (1779) is at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

See also

  • Women in dance

Images for kids

  • Mademoiselle Guimard as Terpsichore, by Jacques-Louis David

    Mademoiselle Guimard as Terpsichore (Jacques-Louis David, 1773-1775)

  • Hôtel de Mlle Guimard - Paris - Elevation

    Hôtel Guimard, by Ledoux, designed ca. 1766

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