Thérèse Eléonore Lingée
French engraver (1753–1833)
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Thérèse Eléonore Lingée (née Thérèse-Éléonore Hémery; c. 1750–January 22, 1818) was a French engraver, known for her crayon manner stipple engravings. She engraved religious subjects, genre scenes and portraits. She was from a French family of engravers.
c. 1750
Mlle Lingée,
Eléonore Lefèvre
Thérèse Eléonore Lingée | |
|---|---|
| Born | Thérèse-Éléonore Hémery c. 1750 Paris, France |
| Died | January 22, 1818 Paris, France |
| Other names | Eléonore Lingée, Mlle Lingée, Eléonore Lefèvre |
| Occupations | Engraver, designer |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Louis Lingée, J. F. Lefèvre |
Life and career
Thérèse Eléonore Lingée was born as Thérèse-Éléonore Hémery in c. 1750, in Paris.[1] She was from a family of noted engravers.[2] Her older sister was engraver Marguerite Hémery (later known as Marguerite Ponce); and her brother was engraver Antoine-François Hémery.
She married the engraver Charles Louis Lingée (c. 1748–1819);[1] and later married artist J. F. Lefèvre.[3]
Lingée was a member of the Royal Academy of Marseille.[4]
Her artwork is in museum collections, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City;[5] the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts;[6] the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen; the British Museum in London;[3] and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[7]
