Marie-Éléonore Godefroid

Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (20 June 1778 – 1849) was a French painter, watercolorist, pastellist, and draughtswoman.

She would go on to become an instructor of arts and music at the Institute of Saint-Germain-en-Laye de Jeanne Campan, where young elite women of the Napoleonic period were trained.

She joined his household by 1812 as an assistant in his office and studio, as well as a companion for him, his wife, and their nephews.

[1] Godefroid was also a student of Jean-Baptiste Isabey who worked in oil, aquarelle, and pastels.

She also portrayed other notable figures including Abd el-Kader, the painter Jacques-Louis David, Jeanne Campan, Germaine de Staël, Talleyrand and Marshal Lauriston, among others.

The Sons of Marshal Ney