Méry Laurent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Méry Laurent

French salonnière and demimonde

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1849

Place of Birth: Nancy, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1900

Profession: demimonde, muse, salonnière

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Méry Laurent, born Anne Rose Suzanne Louviot (born 29 April 1849, Nancy- d.
26 November 1900), was a demi-mondaine (courtesan) and the muse of several Parisian artists.
She used to run her own “salon” where she hosted many French (and even American) writers and painters of her time: Stéphane Mallarmé, Émile Zola, Marcel Proust, François Coppée, Henri Gervex, James Whistler and Édouard Manet.