Sylvie Patin (born Sylvie Gache-Patin on 11 June 1951) is a French conservator-restorer of cultural heritage at Musée d'Orsay and art historian specialised in Impressionism.

She has a degree in historical geography and a master's degree in history at the Paris Nanterre University, then she joined École du Louvre to continue her study.

» (1991), a copiously illustrated pocket book belonging to the collection “Découvertes Gallimard”, which has been translated into seven languages, including English.

[7] On 20 September 2020, Patin was invited to a café littéraire [fr] based on her book Monet : « un œil... mais, bon Dieu, quel œil ! ».

The meeting was organised in a former florist shop at the Place de l'Église of Illiers-Combray, during a book fair held in the commune.