Suzanne-Elisabeth-Françoise de Jarente d'Orgeval, Madame Grimod de la Reynière (1733–1815)

Suzanne de Jarente, a descendant of an old and prestigious family, was the wife of the rich bourgeois Laurent Grimod de La Reynière, fermier général and an art collector. Suzanne cultivated a sophisticated group of artists and intellectuals in her palace on the Champs-Élysées. Although incarcerated during the revolution, she survived the Terror.

Source: Scher, Stephen K., et al. The Scher Collection of Commemorative Medals. New York and London, 2019.