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Princess Pauline Metternich on the Beach

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Princess Pauline Metternich on the Beach
ArtistEugène Boudin
Yearc. 1865-1867
MediumOil on cardboard, laid down on wood
Dimensions29.5 cm × 23.5 cm (11.6 in × 9.3 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Princess Pauline Metternich on the Beach is mid-19th-century painting by French artist Eugène Boudin. Done in oil on cardboard, laid down on wood, 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.[1]

The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

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  1. ^ "Princess Pauline Metternich on the Beach". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-11-05.