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Robert de Montesquiou was fascinated by this figure, who bore a certain resemblance to him in her narcissism. An Italian aristocrat living in Paris, a dazzling socialite of the Second Empire, and a mistress of Napoleon III, the “divine countess” later lived as a recluse, venturing out only at night, veiled in black. With the help of Pierre Louis Pierson, she served as her own photographer until the very end of her decline: more than four hundred photographs celebrate her image, her costumes, her body, and her poses, following a ritual she entirely dictated and with a formal inventiveness of astonishing modernity.
Published by Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1999
21.9 cm 28 cm, 189 pages, in good condition
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Robert de Montesquiou was fascinated by this figure, who bore a certain resemblance to him in her narcissism. An Italian aristocrat living in Paris, a dazzling socialite of the Second Empire, and a mistress of Napoleon III, the “divine countess” later lived as a recluse, venturing out only at night, veiled in black. With the help of Pierre Louis Pierson, she served as her own photographer until the very end of her decline: more than four hundred photographs celebrate her image, her costumes, her body, and her poses, following a ritual she entirely dictated and with a formal inventiveness of astonishing modernity.
Published by Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1999
21.9 cm 28 cm, 189 pages, in good condition
ISBN
