Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux
Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux (27 March 1770[1] – 23 July 1826) was a French painter. Like her sister, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, she studied (in 1787) under David.
Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 27, 1770 |
| Died | July 23, 1826 (aged 56) Bièvres, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse(s) | Dominique Larrey (m. after 1794) |
Her mother, Marguerite-Marie Lombard, was from Toulouse and her father, René Laville-Leroux was from Brittany. She sometimes exhibited with her sister Marie-Guillemine,[2] as in the exhibition at la place Dauphine in 1786 where she displayed Dame en satin blanc, garnie de marte; and in 1788, Artémise serre sur son cœur l'urne contenant les cendres de Mausole; and in 1789, Une Vestale infidèle. In 1791, she exhibited Artémise in the Salon de l'Académie.
In 1794, she married baron Dominique Larrey.[3]
References
- Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, 1967, page 244, note 1 (not seen)
- Astrid Reuter, Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist, Gestaltungsraüme einer Künstlerin um 1800 (Berlin: Lukas Verlag, 2002), pp. 109–111
Notes
- The date 1770 is given by Astrid Reuter, page 109.
- And with Henriette, born in 1772.
- According to some sources there is another surname, the patronymic Leroult de Laville.
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