Henriette Henriot

Henriette Henriot (born Marie Henriette Alphonsine Grossin 14 November 1857 – 17 March 1944) was an actress and a favourite model of the French artist Renoir. She is known for the model in his painting "La Parisienne" on display at the National Museum, Cardiff.
Henriot, the daughter of Aline Grossin, a milliner, started at the Conservatoire de musique et de déclamation in Paris in 1872, where she studied acting. She was still using her birth name of Marie Henriette Alphonsine Grossin, and it wasn't until 1874 when she started to use her stage names of Henriette Henriot, Mademoiselle Henriot, and Madame Henriot when she was appearing in acting roles at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and had started modelling for Renoir as a way to earn extra cash. It was at this point that she was performing in minor parts in the Théâtre de l'Odéon, Théâtre Libre and Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique.
Colin Bailey formerly of the Frick Collection said in and an exhibition catalogue in 2012: "Renoir, Impressionism, and Full-Length Painting":
Between 1874 and 1876 Henriot modelled for five of Renoir's most ambitious full-length pictures and at least seven smaller works. She appears fully and fashionably dressed in "La Parisienne", draped and damp in "La Source"; seated in the shade with a suitor in the "Lovers"; in Troubadour costume in "The Page", and as the protective elder sister in "La Promenade".
It is not known whether Renoir ever paid Henriot for modelling, however he did give her two paintings, the last painting he did of her was "A Vase of Flowers". Renoir had also become close friends with her during this time, so much so that he also painted her daughter, Jeanne Angèle Grossin (1878 – 1900) who modelled for him in "Fillette au chapeau bleu" ("Little girl in blue hat"). Jeanne was killed in a theater fire in 1900, when she was 21.
Stage career.
The following is a selection of plays that Henriot acted in: