Élisabeth Terroux

Élisabeth Terroux (1759–1822) was a French-Swiss painter from the Republic of Geneva, active in Imperial Russia.

Élisabeth Terroux
Self-portrait, 1788
Born	(1759-07-25)25 July 1759 Geneva, Republic of Geneva
Died	1822(1822-00-00) (aged 62–63) Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Citizenship	Genevan (1759–98, 1813–15) French (1798–1813) Swiss (1815–22)

Terroux was born in Geneva and trained under Jean-François Favre [fr].^[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 1878 Paris Exposition, in the exhibition Les Portraits nationaux at Trocadéro.^[2] She died in Geneva.