Edgar Degas - Portrait of Princess Pauline de Metternich 1860

Portrait of Princess Pauline de Metternich 1860
Portrait of Princess Pauline de Metternich
1860 40x28cm oil/canvas
National Gallery, London, UK

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From National Gallery, London:
The sitter was the wife of the Austro-Hungarian ambassador at the court of Napoleon III. The portrait is based on a photograph of 1860 which the Prince and Princess used as a visiting card. The floral backdrop was the artist's own invention.