Marie-Guillemine Benoist

Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768–1826) was a French painter, born and died in Paris. She trained with Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and then in the studio of Jacques-Louis David, and exhibited history paintings and portraits at the Paris Salon from 1791. Her best-known work is the Portrait of Madeleine, shown at the Salon of 1800 and now in the Louvre.