Pauline Marie Ghislaine de Bassano, née van der Linden d'Hooghvorst (23 September 1814 in Meise – 9 December 1867), was a French courtier.

Her mother-in-law, Madeleine Lejéas-Carpentier [Wikidata], had been dame du palais to the Empresses Josephine and Marie-Louise.

The ladies-in-waiting of the new Empress consisted of a Grand-Maitresse or senior lady-in-waiting, the Princesse d'Essling; a Dame d'honneur or deputy, the Duchesse de Bassano, who both attended court on grand functions; and six (later twelve) Dame du Palais, who were selected from among the acquaintances to the Empress prior to her marriage, and who alternated in pairs fulfilling the daily duties.

Being a public figure who dealt with those wishing admission to the court, she is also frequently depicted in contemporary memoirs.Pauline de Bassano have been described as attractive, stable, imposing and somewhat arrogant.

She belonged to the ladies-in-waiting depicted with Eugenie in the famous painting Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter from 1855.