PCT4258395: Portrait of Cléo de Merode by Reutlinger - The dancer Cléo de Merode (1875 - 1966) covered the artistic and galante chronicle by performing first as a star at the Paris Opera, then (in 1901) as an attraction to the Folies Bergères led by Edouard merchant. - Postcard at the beginning of the 20th century., Reutlinger Studio (1850-1937) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4258465: 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. Photo by Paul Nadar, postcard early 20th century., Nadar, Paul (1856-1939) / Bridgeman Images