Rosalie Filleul

Rosalie Filleul, Autoportrait
Rosalie Filleul, The children of the comte d'Artois, 1781. Palace of Versailles, France

Rosalie Filleul (1753 – June 24, 1794) was a French pastellist and painter. She was born in Paris, and was concierge of the château de la Muette. Although she supported the French Revolution, she nevertheless mourned the execution of Louis XVI. Somewhat indiscreetly, at the height of the Terror, she made arrangements to sell some of the furniture at the Chateau de la Muette to a secondhand dealer. This was reported to the authorities and she was arrested on charges of theft and concealment of property belonging to the Republic. Rosalie Filleul was found guilty and guillotined in 1794, along with her friend Mme Chalgrin, despite the attempted intervention of Chalgrin's brother Carle Vernet.

Her cousin was the pastellist Jeanne-Angélique Boquet.[1]

Sources

  • Olivier Blanc, Portraits de femmes, artistes et modèles à l'époque de Marie-Antoinette, Paris, Carpentier, 2006.


  1. ↑ Profile of Jeanne-Angélique Boquet at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
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