Jeanne-Pernette Schenker-Massot, often referred to simply as Pernette Massot (November 13, 1761 – January 17, 1828), was a Swiss miniaturist, pastellist, and engraver.
Born in Geneva, Schenker-Massot was the elder sister of the painter Firmin Massot, and has traditionally been described as his first teacher.Profile in the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800. Her own teacher is said to have been Jean-Baptiste Carvelle, a French expatriate in Switzerland.Rigaud, Jean-Jacques. "Firmin Massot". In Renseignements sur les beaux-arts à Genève. Geneva: J.-G. Fick, 1876. – P. 246. In 1794 she married the miniaturist and engraver Nicolas Schenker, with whom she had two children.
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