"A study in contrasts" - two portraits, two ladies prominent in their respective milieux

 

Cäcilie, Baroness von Eskeles, by Friedrich von Amerling, 1832.

Alice Regnault, by Giovanni Boldini, 1880.

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Cäcilie, Baroness von Eskeles, née Zippora Itzig (1760-1836), a leading Viennese salonnière at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

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Alice Regnault (née Augustine-Alexandrine Toulet; 5 February 1849 - 12 July 1931), French actress and courtesan.