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].
- Revised edition.
- 192 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art. .
- Metropolitan Museum of Art. .
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.
Biographical sketch and chronology -- The model and the photographer / Pierre Apraxine -- A nineteenth-century photo-novel / Xavier Demange -- The posthumous life / Françoise Heilbrun -- An altar to the past : the photographic records of the Countess de Castiglione in Italy / Michele Falzone del Barbarò -- -- Director's foreword / Acknowledgments / Introduction / The model and the photographer / A nineteenth-century photo-novel / The posthumous life / An altar to the past: the photographic records of the Countess de Castiglione in Italy / Plates. Philippe de Montebello -- Pierre Apraxine and Xavier Demange -- Pierre Apraxine -- Pierre Apraxine -- Xavier Demange -- Francoise Heilbrun -- Michele Falzone del Barbaro --
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Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini, contessa di, 1835-1899 --Exhibitions. Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini, contessa di, 1835-1899 --Photographs--Exhibitions.