The Countess Of Castiglione And Her Lovers, Oil On Canvas Late 19th Century

The Comtesse de Castiglione in a ball gown and wearing a wolf on her face holds her lovers at arm's length like puppets. We recognize under the features of Badinguet the Emperor Napoleon III.
She is represented towards the end of her life when she lived hidden and so to speak masked because she could no longer bear her aged and damaged face, although she was famous throughout Europe for her beauty.
Oil on canvas in very good condition, re-lined, without signature, in a wooden frame and gilded stucco.
Frame 86x61cm