Portrait of Louise Marie Madeleine de Fontaine-Dupin (1706-1799)., Jean-Marc Nattier, circa 1736

Famous for her beauty and her status as a woman of wit, louise fontaine-dupin was a personality of the age of enlightenment and ran a brilliant literary salon. Louise dupin is one of the pioneers of feminism. She tenaciously pursues for ten years a study for the defense of women with jean-jacques rousseau as secretary. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1736. Dimensions: height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 44 cm (17.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine. Collection: Lawrence Steigrad fine arts private collection, New York.. Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine 1706-1799