Princess Pauline Metternich (1836–1921) on the Beach
Eugène Boudin
ca. 1865–67
Princess Pauline Metternich on the Beach is an oil on cardboard, laid down on wood, painting by French artist Eugène Boudin, from c. 1865-1867. The work depicts Pauline von Metternich, the wife of the Austrian ambassador to the court of Napoleon III and a well-known fashion icon, looking out to sea from a beach in northern France.
The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
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