Rose Adélaïde Ducreux (1761–1802)
• Was a French painter and musician.
• Born in Paris.
• She was the eldest daughter of Joseph Ducreux, with whom she also studied.
• She showed her works at the Louvre Salons in 1791, 1793, 1795, 1798, and 1799.
• In 1786, Ducreux first exhibited at one of Pahin de la Blancherie's bi-weekly exhibitions, known as the Salon de la Correspondance.
• Her self-portraits often included musical and artistic attributes.
• Work by Decreux has also been misattributed to her contemporaries, Antoine Vestier and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.
• In her brief career, Ducreux exhibited at a number of important exhibitions beginning in 1786 and continuing until 1799.
• She never signed her work.
• In 1802, Ducreux moved to Saint-Domingue, where she married the maritime prefect, François-Jacques Lequoy de Montgiraud.
• She died shortly after of yellow fever.
