Valentine de Laborde

Charlotte Marie Valentine de Laborde
Valentine Delessert in a dark dress and white bonnet sitting with arms crossed staring away
Portrait of Valentine Delessert (née Valentine de Laborde)
Born(1806-01-01)1 January 1806
Died13 May 1894(1894-05-13) (aged 88)
Known forArt collecting and her business
Partner(s)Prosper Merimee, Maxime du Camp, and Charles de Remusat
ChildrenEdouard Delessert

Charlotte Marie Valentine Joséphine de Laborde, also known as Valentine Delessert (1 January 1806 – 13 May 1894) was a French socialite and a Passy-Paris salon holder. She is also known as a mistress of French writer Prosper Mérimée, French writer and photographer Maxime du Camp, and French politician and philosopher Charles de Remusat.