Louisine

Hardly a surprise, then, that the American collector Louisine Havemeyer, wife of sugar tycoon H.O. Havemeyer, once remarked that "It takes special brain cells to appreciate Degas."

One Master Mines Another Jonathan Lopez 2011

Three works belonging to an heir of the renowned collection of Louisine and Henry Osborne Havemeyer, whose many works were gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also sold well.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

Three works belonging to an heir of the renowned collection of Louisine and Henry Osborne Havemeyer, whose many works were gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also sold well.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, gift of Horace havemeyer in memory of his mother, Louisine W Havemeyer The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Augustus Egg

'Art and the Age of Steam' 2008

Grateful was the heart of Louisine; yet as she reperused the papers, as she hastened in search of the lady abbess, a thousand tender anticipations glowed upon her cheek, sparkled in her eyes.

The confessional of Valombre 1812

It was at the close of devotion, in which, with more than usual fervour, she had joined the psalmody of the sisters, that supported by the arm of Louisine, she

The confessional of Valombre 1812

"Sister, fly to the feet of our holy mother/'urged Louisine; t€ tell her. your heart is changed — tell hsr"

The confessional of Valombre 1812

« ** No/'hesitatingly answered Loui - sine; mo& at d»e, grasps ing at the absolving cup of salvation, the contrite, the dying Laarette, in the for* giving spirit of tme piety, blessed e'ert the author of her guilt, and pronounced the balm of universal pardom Again surrounded by the Asters, again supported by the arm of Louisine, the

The confessional of Valombre 1812

'Iti the ear of Louisine she could alone breathe the praises of Theodore; but even in her ear, eiren when friendship checked reserve, there was a timidity, a. bashfulness, which blushed at the sigh of acknowledged interest.

The confessional of Valombre 1812

The letter dropped upon the floor; a thou* sand new and delusive visions floated on the brain of Louisine; and long was i%

The confessional of Valombre 1812