Virginie Ancelot
French painter, writer and playwright (1792–1875)
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Marguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (French: [viʁʒini ɑ̃səlo]; 1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright.[1][2] Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot.[2] From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hosted a literary salon on Paris's rue de Seine.[2]
Her plays were collected in four volumes and published as Theâtre complet in 1848.[1] She published two memoirs: Les Salons de Paris, foyers éteints (1858) and Un salon de Paris 1824-64 (1866).[1] Her most important novels include Georgine (1855), Une route sans issue (1857), and Un nœud de ruban (1858).[1]
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Exhibitions
- La Veuve du Roi Ban and several portraits, Salon of 1814[3]
- Louis XIV, at the death bed of Jacques II, Salon of 1817[4]
Collections
- Musée Carnavalet, Paris : François Ancelot (1794-1854), auteur dramatique, 1819, oil on canvas[5]