Jeanne Samary (4 March 1857 as Léontine Pauline Jeanne Samary in

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– 18 September 1890 in

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) was a French

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at the Comédie-Française and a model for Auguste Renoir, including for Renoir's 1881 painting, '' Luncheon of the Boating Party''. Between the years 1871–1874, Jeanne Samary attended the Paris drama school and passed with distinction. In 1874, she became a member of the Comédie-Française and debuted on 24 August 1874 as Dorine in '' Tartuffe'' by

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. Jeanne Samary excelled in numerous roles in the comedies, but also in parts of

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(''L'Étincelle''; ''La Monde ou l'on s'ennuie''). Renoir painted Samary around a dozen times between the years 1877–1881; Louise Abbéma painted her twice. In 1880,https://archives.paris.fr/s/4/etat-civil-actes/?1880, Mariages, 09, V4E 3582, 9 November 1880, no. 1006, Lagarde et Samary, the ceremony took place Wednesday, 10 November at the Église de la Trinité, Paris, see Jules Prével, "Courrier des Théatres," ''Le Figaro'', 8 November 1880, p. 2. she married Paul Lagarde, with whom she had three children. Shortly before her death she wrote a children's book titled ''Les gourmandises de Charlotte'' for their children. She died in 1890 of

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, and was buried in the

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Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the large ...

, St. Petersburg, Russia File:Jeanne-Lagarde.jpg, Samary's grave in

File:Renoir portrait of Jeanne Samary 1877.jpg, alt=Renoir portrait of Jeanne Samary 1877, Renoir portrait of Jeanne Samary 1877

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