Françoise Basseporte
French artist (1701–1780) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madeleine Françoise Basseporte, (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz baspɔʁt]; 28 April 1701 – 6 September 1780) was a French painter. From 1741 until her death, she served as the Royal Painter for the King's Garden and Cabinet (now the Jardin des Plantes), an unprecedented appointment for a woman artist at the time.