Marie-Anne Collot

Timeline

Born in Paris.
Working as a model for the artist Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne.
Enters the atelier of Etienne Falconet.
Completes earliest dated portrait bust.
Visits Saint Petersburg at the invitation of Catherine the Great.
Presents at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Elected a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, first known woman artist to receive this rank in Russia.
Father dies under mysterious circumstances.
Marries Pierre-Etienne Falconet, the son of her teacher, Etienne Falconet, in Saint Petersburg.
Gives birth to a daughter, with whom she later returns to Paris.
Buys an estate at Marimont for retirement.
Dies in Nancy.