Marie-Victoire Davril (sometimes d'Avril or Davrel) (1755–1820) was a French portrait painter. Born in Paris, Davril was a pupil of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, and exhibited in 1783 at the

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and the place Dauphine; at the former a miniature portrait of her by Marie-Madeleine Frémy. She appears to have been close to her fellow pupil

Marie-Gabrielle Capet Marie-Gabrielle Capet (6 September 1761 – 1 November 1818) was a French Neoclassical painter. She was born in Lyon on 6 September 1761. Capet came from a modest background and her previous background and artistic training is unknown, but in 1 ...

, being remembered in the latter's will. She was the universal heir of wine merchant Edmé-Jean Cottin; the couple were not married, but were evidently closely connected, although the exact nature of their relationship remains unknown. Davril died at

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, and miniatures during her career.Profile
in the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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