Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny-Damas (1741–1828)

• Also known as the Marquise de Grollier.
• Was a French flower painter. • Her father was Henry Anne de Fuligny-Damas, Comte de Rochechouart, Baron de Couches, Marigny-sur-Ouche, Aubigny, Agey and Saint-Péreuse.

• When she turned seven, she was given into the care of the canonesses at Remiremont Abbey, where she received a classical education.

• She received lessons in Paris from Jean-Baptiste Greuze and Gérard van Spaendonck.

• In 1760, de Fuligny-Damas married Pierre Louis de Grollier, Marquis de Grollier and Treffort, the Governor of Pont-d'Ain.

• The couple would have three children.

• Later, they lived at the court in Versailles, where the Marquise de Grollier became friends with the portrait painter Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 

• In 1793, de Fuligny-Damas lost her husband to the guillotine and was forced to leave France.

• She went to Switzerland, then Germany and, finally, Italy.

• In Florence, her talent was soon recognized.

• At this time, she also created some mosaics.

• Joseph-Marie Vien, Director of the French Academy in Rome, arranged for her return to France.

• She settled in with her nephew, Alexandre-Charles-Emmanuel de Crussol, at his château in Épinay-sur-Seine.

• She died aged 86. 

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