books0977: Portrait of Catherine, Baroness Emile Beaumont d'Erlanger (1899). Philip Alexius de
books0977: Portrait of Catherine, Baroness Emile Beaumont d'Erlanger (1899). Philip Alexius de László (Hungarian, 1869-1937). Oil on canvas.Baroness (Marie Rose Antoinette) Catherine d'Erlanger (née de Robert d'Aqueria), was a society hostess, the wife of Baron Emile d'Erlanger. The Baroness cultivated a continental society of bohemians, artists and aristocrats at salons in her homes, such as Ravel, Debussy, Nijinsky and Proust. She was also financial patroness to Diaghilev and The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Cecil Beaton. -- source link