La divine comtesse : photographs of the Countess de Castiglione / Pierre Apraxine, Xavier Demange ; with the collaboration of Françoise Heilbrun, Michele Falzone del Barbarò ; [translated by Caroline Beamish].

Main entry:

Comtesse de Castiglione par elle-même. English.

Title & Author:

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication:

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Issued in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 Sept.-31 Dec. 2000--T.p. verso.
Revised edition of La Comtesse de Castiglione par elle-même, catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 12 Oct. 1999-23 Jan. 2000, published in 1999 by Editions de la Réunion de musées nationaux, Paris--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index.
Director's foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- Acknowledgments / Pierre Apraxine and Xavier Demange -- Introduction / Pierre Apraxine -- The model and the photographer / Pierre Apraxine -- A nineteenth-century photo-novel / Xavier Demange -- The posthumous life / Francoise Heilbrun -- An altar to the past: the photographic records of the Countess de Castiglione in Italy / Michele Falzone del Barbaro -- Plates.

ISBN:

0300085095 (paperback)
9780300085099 (paperback)

Subject:

Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini, contessa di, 1835-1899 Exhibitions.
Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini, contessa di, 1835-1899
Portrait photography Exhibitions.
Portraits (Photographie) Expositions.
Portrait photography

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Apraxine, Pierre.
Demange, Xavier.
Heilbrun, Françoise.
Falzone del Barbarò, Michele.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 236212
Call No.: BIB 166043
Status: Available

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