Marion de Lorme, lover of the poet Desbarreaux, 1613-1650

Marion de Lorme, salon hostess, courtesan, lover of the poet Des Barreaux and Cardinal Richelieu, 1613-1650. She wears her hair loose in ringlets, a pearl necklace, low-cut dress in pink silk with lace frills. After a miniature on vellum in the editor's collection. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827

Celebres Courtesan Femmes Francaise Frills Galerie Gatine Hostess Lante Lorme Low-cut Richelieu Ringlets Salon

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