Ludmille Komar, princesse de Beauvau-Craon

Portrait of Ludmille Komar, princesse de Beauvau-Craon by Paul Delaroche, painted around 1849, is one of the artist's late portraits. By this date, Delaroche had achieved enormous fame through his historical paintings but continued to accept portrait commissions from the European aristocracy. Delaroche was the most commercially successful French painter of the 1830s, combining meticulous historical research with theatrical staging and emotional directness that made his large history paintings ex

The aristocratic portrait is rendered with Delaroche's characteristic smooth, polished technique. Careful attention to costume and setting creates an image of refined elegance.