Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit (7 March 1784 – 7 January 1862) was a French oil painter, primarily of portraits and historical scenes.
[1][2] Jean Baptiste Tardieu engraved several of her works.
[1][2] She studied under Charles Meynier and possibly her husband, Louis Hersent.[when?]
[3] Her husband is also notable for his portrait and history paintings.
[2] Hersent herself took on female pupils, among them the porcelain painter Marie Virginie Boquet[3] and portrait painter Louise Adélaïde Desnos.