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Princess Pauline de Metternich (© National Gallery)
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© National Gallery

Princess Pauline de Metternich

Artist: Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)

Location: National Gallery

Date: 1865

Materials: oil

Dimensions: 41 x 28 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £526 (Total: £526)

Vendor: M. Knoedler & Co., Paris

Review number: 252 (1918)

Description:
Half-length portrait of Princess Metternich, 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.

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