Comtesse d'Haussonville  1845

Louise, Princesse de Broglie (1818–82) and granddaughter of Madame de Staël, married at the age of eighteen. ... This portrait, begun in 1842, was the fruit of several false starts and a great many preparatory drawings, including full-scale studies of the raised left arm, the head, and its reflection. [url=http://collections.frick.org/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:105]Re...