PCT4258477: Courtesan, princess then saint, Liane de Pougy (Marie Anne Olympe Chassaigne, 1869 - 1950) is considered by Edmond de Goncourt as the prettiest woman of her century. It crosses Europe, stirring mad male and female passions (Charles de Mac Mahon, Roman Potocki, Maurice de Rothschild, Prince Georges Ghika, Natalie Barney etc). Friend of Cocteau, Proust, Colette, dancer and writer, she retired at the end of her life in the monastic order of Saint Dominica. Pougy's Liana at the Olympia, Photo Reutlinger. Postcard early 20th century., Reutlinger Studio (1850-1937) / Bridgeman Images