Adélaïde Victoire Hall, called ''Adèle'' (11 May 1772 – 14 October 1844), was a Swedish-French artist and noble (

marquise A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or wid ...

). She was given the honorary title of ''agré'' of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other fine arts, it is one of seve ...

(1793). Hall was born in Paris, the daughter of the Swedish artist painter of the royal French court Peter Adolf Hall and his wife Marie-Adélaïde Gobin. She was married in 1792 to the lawyer of the royal council, Francois Louis Seleau, who was murdered during the

September Massacres The September Massacres were a series of killings and summary executions of prisoners in Paris that occurred in 1792 from 2 September to 6 September during the French Revolution. Between 1,176 and 1,614 people were killed by ''sans-culottes'' ...

the same year, and to the officer Blaise Lievre de la Grange,

marquess A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or wid ...

de Fourilles in 1796. Her

self-portrait Self-portraits are Portrait painting, portraits artists make of themselves. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, the practice of self-portraiture only gaining momentum in the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century ...

in oil was shown to the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm in 1791. She was furthermore represented with her work at the art exhibitions of the academy in 1792 and 1793. She was also a miniaturist and painted on wood and porcelain cups. She died in Paris, aged 72. Her self-portrait is kept at the

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in Sweden.

References

* Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) 1772 births 1844 deaths Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts 18th-century French painters 19th-century French painters French people of Swedish descent Rococo painters French portrait miniaturists French marchionesses Painters from Paris 18th-century French women painters 19th-century French women painters {{Sweden-painter-stub