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Nicole-Reine Etable de Labrière Lepaute
Biography
Nicole-Reine Etable de Labrière was born in the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris where her father was in the service of the Queen of Spain, Elisabeth d'Orléans.One day the royal clockmaker Jean-Andre Lepaute (1709-1789) and his brother arrived at the Palais du Luxembourg to install a new type of clock. Nicole-Reine met Jean-Andre Lepaute on this occasion and their friendship blossomed.
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The two were married on 27 August 1749 and lived at the Palais du Luxembourg. Nicole-Reine helped her husband in his work, in particular keeping the Lepaute accounts. It is interesting to realise that the couple were living in the Palais du Luxembourg when Louis XV exhibited a selection of the royal collection of paintings in 1750.
This exhibition moved to the Louvre to become the basis for the famous art gallery.
It was not long after Nicole-Reine married that Jérôme Lalande, who was at that time a law student, became fascinated by astronomy and