[FRANCE] Marie Anatole Louise Älisabeth, Countess Greffulhe (n_e de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay; 1860-1952) was a French socialite, known as a renowned beauty and queen of the salons of the Faubourg Saint-Germain in Paris. When Edward VII came to Paris, he dined informally at her house. After a restricted youth (...) she set herself to attracting musicians, scholars, physicists, chemists, doctors." The countess helped establish the art of James Whistler, and she actively promoted such artists as Auguste Rodin, Antonio de La Gandara and Gustave Moreau. Fascinated by science, she helped Marie Curie to finance the creation of the Institute of Radium, and Ädouard Branly to pursue his research on radiotransmission and telemechanical systems. She is one of the main inspirations for the character of the duchesse de Guermantes in Marcel ProustÍs è la recherche du temps perdu. ALS, 1874, 4pp, approx. 3-7/8 x 5 in. Very fine.

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