Eugénie Dalton

1802 - 1859

Eugénie Dalton or D'Alton (née Geneviève-Charlotte Simon), (7 September 1802 or 1803 - 9 February 1859) was a dancer as well as pupil and mistress of Eugène Delacroix. Her older brother, François Simon (1800-1877), was a star dancer at the Paris Opera from 1822 to 1842 and commissioned several portraits from Delacroix.