Jeanne Duval

Jeanne Duval
Duval photographed by Félix Nadar (c. 1862)
Born
Jeanne Duval (Prosper, Lemer or Lemaire)

c. 1820
France
Diedc. 1870s
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Actress, courtesan
PartnerCharles Baudelaire

Jeanne Duval (French pronunciation: [ʒan dyval]; c. 1820-1870s) was a French-born actress and courtesan of French and Caribbean descent. She was a key muse and longtime, tumultuous partner of poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire, with whom she had an on-and-off-again relationship spanning two decades.

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