Élisabeth Terroux | |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1759 |
Birth Place: | Geneva, Republic of Geneva |
Death Date: | 1822 |
Death Place: | Geneva, Switzerland |
Nationality: | Genevan, then Swiss since 1815 |
Élisabeth Terroux (1759–1822) was a Swiss painter active in Russia.
Terroux was born in Geneva and trained under Jean-François Favre.[1] She became a popular miniature painter and travelled to Russia where she was active for Catherine II. Her self-portrait was shown at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1878), "Les Portraits nationaux", palais du Trocadéro.[2]
Terroux died in Geneva.