Adèle Chavassieu d'Audebert

Adélaïde-Françoise Chavassieu d'Audebert, also known as Chavassieu d'Haudebert and Mlle Chavassieu, (1788–1838) was a French painter, specialising primarily in enamel, active in the early 19th century. She exhibited her works in Paris between 1810 and 1824 and was awarded a gold medal for her work.[1][2][3][4]

Life

Adèle Chavassieu d'Audebert was born in 1788 in Niort, a commune in western France.[5] She studied painting under Auguste Desnoyers in Paris and maintained her studio first on the Right Bank, near the Louvre, before relocating several times within Saint-Germain-des-Prés.[6][7][8][9] By 1831 her studio was at 20 Rue de la Chaise.[5] She died in early 1838.[1]

Chavassieu d'Aubert family name

Chavassieu, sometimes spelled Chavassieux, is surname strongly associated with the Loire region, particularly Montbrison. Several branches of the family held prominent legal and administrative positions, including lawyers and court officials. The Chavassieu d'Audebert line in the 18th century included Nicolas Chavassieu d'Audebert, a senior court lawyer, and his wife Catherine Fauvel. Adèle may have been a close relative of theirs, as well as of their son Georges-Daniel Chavassieu d'Audebert, a royal notary.[10][11]

Works

Chavassieu's work included large-scale religious paintings, such as two panels- one in the Cathedral of Chartres and another in the church of Notre-Dame at Avranches- as well as numerous full-length portraits and depictions of mythological and historical subjects.

Chavassieu d'Audebert produced over ninety enamel pieces inspired by the gallery of the Comte de Sommariva, exhibited in 1810, 1812, and 1814. Notable works included:

  • Sagesse préservant l’Adolescence des faits de l’Amour (Wisdom Protecting Adolescence from the Deeds of Love, after Meynier)
  • Psyché enlevée par les Zéphyrs (Psyche Carried Away by the Zephyrs, after Prud'hon)
  • Cléopâtre et Jules César (Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, after Angelica Kauffmann)
  • Bélisaire (Belisarius, after Gérard)
  • Vénus qui caresse l'Amour (Venus Caressing Cupid, after Appiani)
  • La colère d'Achille (The Anger of Achilles, after Appiani)
  • La duchesse de Berry (The Duchess of Berry, 1822)
  • L'Amour et Psyché (Cupid and Psyche, after David)
  • Vénus et Ascagne (Venus and Ascanius, after Ménard)
  • Le repos de la Sainte-Famille (The Rest of the Holy Family, after Pesne)
  • La Vierge à la chaise (The Virgin of the Chair, after Raphael, 1824)

She also created enamel portraits of prominent figures, including the Duchess of Berry and her children.

In recognition of her work, Chavassieu d'Audebert was awarded a gold medal at the 1824 exhibition, described as a prize of "encouragement".[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Chavassieu d'Aubert, Adélaïde-Françoise (8 February 1838). "Inventory after death". www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  2. ^ Demmin (1873). Guide de l'amateur de faiences et porcelaines, terres cuites, poteries de toute espèce, émaux sur métaux, peinture sur lave, verres, cristaux (in French). Renouard, H. Loones, Succ.
  3. ^ Fère, François-Fortuné Guyot de (1832). Annuaire des artistes français, 1re année - 1832: 1. Notices sur les établissements publics consacrés aux Beaux-Arts - 2. Peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs architectes, compositeurs et professeurs de musique... - 3. Commerce des Beaux-Arts - 4. Départemens, statistique... (in French). Guyot de Fère.
  4. ^ Nouvelles archives de l'art français (in French). Société de l'histoire de l'art français. 1879.
  5. ^ a b c Gabet, Charles (1831). Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française au XIXe siècle : peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure, dessin, lithographie et composition musicale. Lyon Public Library (Bibliothèque jésuite des Fontaines). Paris.
  6. ^ "Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivans..." Gallica. 1806. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivans..." Gallica. 1812. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivans..." Gallica. 1824. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  9. ^ L'Album (in French). Au Bureau de l'Album. 1822.
  10. ^ Archives de la Société Française des Collectionneurs d'ex-Libris (in French). Au Siège de la Société. 1923.
  11. ^ "Recherche - Base de données Léonore". www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
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