Portrait of a Woman, Said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Beno簾te Duronceray, 1727?1772), 1757, Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (80 x 64. 8 cm), Paintings, Francois Hubert Drouais (French, Paris 1727?1775 Paris), In 1745 Mademoiselle Duronceray, a much admired singer, dancer, and comedienne, married Charles Simon Favart (1710?1792), the father of French comic opera. Among her best known roles was that of the peasant Lurine in The Loves of Bastien and Bastienne, 1753, in which she inspired a revolution in theatrical costume by wearing authentic peasant dress