Title

Germaine de Stael, French writer, novelist and political propagandist, (1836).Artist: E Scriven

Caption

Germaine de Stael, French writer, novelist and political propagandist, (1843). Born in Paris, Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) was the only child of Jacques Necker, French statesman and financier. Married unhappily in 1786 to the Swedish ambassador to France, she had many affairs, including a liaison with the author and political philosopher Benjamin Constant. From 1792 she spent a number of periods of exile at Coppet, her estate by Lake Geneva.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1836

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C24_271

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33,9Mb (5,1Mb) / 10,3in x 12,8in / 3083 x 3840 (300dpi)

Keywords

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