Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine
Louise de Fontaine was born in Paris, in the parish of Saint-Roch, on 28 October 1706. Her baptism act was as follows:
Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont
Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont was born in Versailles in 1790.
She studied painting under Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750–1819), who supplemented his income as an artist by teaching drawing to young women.
In 1812 de Valenciennes was appointed a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, which did not admit women.
During the time of the First French Empire she was encouraged by Joséphine de Beauharnais.
After the restoration of the monarchy she became a protegee of the Duchess of Berry.