Madeleine Françoise Basseporte, (Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, 1701 - idem 1780) was a French painter.

She became one of the pupils of Claude Aubriet

Claude Aubriet

Claude Aubriet was a French illustrator and botanical artist who was born in Châlons-sur-Marne.Aubriet was a botanical artist who worked at the Jardin du Roi in Paris. His work attracted the attention of botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , who commissioned Aubriet as illustrator of Tournefort's...

 thanks to her precocious talent for design. She replaced him as the Royal Painter after his death. The king Louis XV of France

Louis XV of France

Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...

 commissionned her to teach the princesses how to paint flowers.

She collaborated with the chemist Rouelle and the sculptor Larchevêque ; Jussieu

Bernard de Jussieu

Bernard de Jussieu was a French naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu.Bernard de Jussieu was born in Lyon...

 gave her some lessons about botany

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

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She also made some parchments about plants for Gaston d'Orléans

Gaston, Duke of Orléans

Gaston of France, , also known as Gaston d'Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood...

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