Princess Pauline Metternich (1836–1921) on the Beach

Eugène Louis Boudin · ca. 1865–67 · Oil on cardboard, laid down on wood

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.

Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Available as a made-to-order museum-quality canvas print: stretched or framed.