Portrait of Pauline VON METTERNICH
Photography
Inventory number
2021.5.20.8.PH.OT.C1865.FRAuthor:
Atelier Le Jeune (French , active 1864 - 1874)Description
Full length photograph of a woman, standing leaning on the back of a chair, wearing an evening dress entirely covered by lace.The lady is known as Pauline Clémentine Marie WALBURGE, countess Sándor von Szlavnicza (1836-1921) then princess of METTERNICH-WINNEBURG zu BEILSTEIN after her marriage in 1856 to the Austrian diplomat, Richard Klemens, prince of METTERNICH-WINNEBURG (1829-1895) . She is famous for her Parisian salon during the French Second Empire but also for having been one of the first clients of the fashion design Charles Frederick WORTH.
Materials
Analog photographyCardboard
Origin
circa 1865 Paris, FranceDimensions
Length : 6 cmHeight : 9.5 cm