Marie Bouliard

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Marie-Geneviève Bouliard self portrait as Aspasia, 1794, Musée d'Arras
Marie-Geneviève Bouliard self portrait as Aspasia, 1794, Musée d'Arras

Marie-Geneviève Bouliard (born Paris, 1763; died Saône-et-Loire, 1825) was a French artist who primarily painted portraits.[1]

[edit] Artwork

Her Aspasia is the only surviving classical painting. It was exhibited in the 1795 Paris Salon where it received a Prix d'Encouragement.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Madeleine Mary Henry 1995, Prisoner of History: Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition. p 91. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195087127