Virginie Ancelot

Virginie Ancelot

1792

French writer and painter (1792-1875)

Marguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright. Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot. From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hosted a literary salon on Paris's rue de Seine.

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