Catherine Grand
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Catherine Noël de Talleyrand-Périgord was a French courtesan and noblewoman. Born in India as the daughter of a French Indies Company official, she married George Grand, a clerk of the British East In
Portrait by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1806–1807
Catherine met her first husband, George Grand, at Ghiretta House Engraving by James Moffat, Calcutta, 1800
Madame Grand, 1783 portrait by Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun
Catherine painted by François Gérard between 1804 and 1805, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Courtesan
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A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele. Historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the court of a monarch or other powerful person.
Catherine Grand
…a liaison with Bengal councillor Philip Francis in Calcutta. In 1782, she relocated to Paris, where she was known as Madame Grand and became a popular courtesan having relationships with several powerful men. She became the mistress and later the wife of French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord…
Veronica Franco, famous Venetian poet and courtesan. Portrait by Tintoretto.
Courtesans with their servants by Lancelot Volders
Olympe Pélissier (Vernet, 1830) was described by Balzac as "the most beautiful courtesan in Paris". In 1846, she married Rossini.
Reveller courtesan BM E44