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Catherine Grand (21 November 1762–10 December 1835) was a French courtesan and noblewoman. Born in India the daughter of a French colonial officer, she had a scandalous liaison with Bengal councillor Philip Francis in Calcutta. Relocating to Paris, she became a popular courtesan having relationships with several powerful men. She became the mistress and later the wife of French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), the first Prime Minister of France. Catherine was known for her exceptional beauty, which is captured in this 1783 portrait by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842). The oil painting was displayed at the Salon of Paris the same year, and is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.Painting credit:Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun