Élisa de Gamond

Élisa de Gamond, born in Brussels on 3 April 1804 and died in Ixelles on 3 March 1869, was a Belgian painter known for her neo-classical works in the field of mythology.

His mother, Isabelle-Angélique de Lados, of noble origin, held political and philosophical salons in the 1820s.

In 1823, she took part in the exhibition competition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent as a pupil of Joseph Paelinck.

[4] In August 1826, her painting “Sleeping Nymph” won the Ladies' Prize in Ghent, awarded by the leading artists of the kingdom, which consisted of a wreath of myrtle and roses, a medal of honour and an allowance of two hundred florins.

[5] On 26 April 1827, she married Auguste Théodore Giron, a professor at the Athénée royal de Bruxelles.