François Hubert Drouais | Portrait of a Woman, Said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772) François Hubert Drouais (French, Paris 1727–1775 Paris), 1757. Marie First appeared on the Paris stage at the foire Saint-Germain in 1744 or 1745, and thereafter married Charles Simon Favart (1710–1792), writer, librettist, & director of the Opéra Comique & the Comédie Italienne. From 1751 until 1769 Madame Favart reigned supreme in Paris as a comic actress. She was also a singer & dancer and played harp…