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...
Size:
51 7/8 x 36 1/4 in. (131.8 x 92.1 cm)
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Credit:
This photographic reproduction is in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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