Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin

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Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Heritage Floor; detail), 1974–79. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster, 48 x 48 x 48 ft. (14.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 m). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © Judy Chicago. Photograph by Jook Leung Photography

Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin
b. 1705, Paris; d. circa 1778, Paris

French harpsichordist Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin was the first woman to hold the position ordinaire de la musique de la chambre du roi pour le clavecin (court musician to the king of France), a post she assumed in 1730 after her father, François Couperin, retired. In addition to her duties at the royal court, Couperin was harpsichord mistress to the king's daughters.

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Last updated March 10, 2007.
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