Basseporte, Magdalene (?–c. 1780)
Basseporte, Magdalene (?–c. 1780)
French artist. Name variations: Madeleine Basseporte. Born Frances Magdalene Basseporte; died c. 1780.
Painted subjects from natural history in watercolors, executing 3 books of flowers which were engraved by Avril; also engraved some plates for Crozat College and others, including The Martyrdom of S. Fidelio de Sigmaringa (after the work of P.A. Robert) and Diana and Endymion (after a design by Sebastiano Conca).
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