The search of elegance

David, 1623-1624, Borghese Gallery, Rome

David, 1623-1624, Borghese Gallery, Rome

Mendelssohn's wife Cécile (1846) by Eduard Magnus

Jenny Lind

Orson Welles portrait, photo by Cecil Beaton, 1937

Princess Margaret portrait, photo by Cecil Beaton

Coco Chanel 1937

duke and duchess of Windsor wedding on 3 June 1937 au Château de Candé à Monts en Indre-et-Loire, photo by Cecil Beaton

duke and duchess of Windsor wedding on 3 June 1937 au Château de Candé à Monts en Indre-et-Loire, photo by Cecil Beaton

duke and duchess of Windsor wedding on 3 June 1937 au Château de Candé à Monts en Indre-et-Loire, photo by Cecil Beaton

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1647-1652

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1647-1652

Alina Cojocaru in Giselle

Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg in Romeo and Juliet, performed by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House Photo by Alastair Muir

Noel Coward, 1940

Gloria Vanderbilt New York 1941 by Horst P. Horst

Bust of Peace, 1814

Bust of Peace, 1814

Marlene Dietrich, New York, 1942

Babe Paley for American Vogue, 1946, by Horst P. Horst

Hands by Horst P. Horst, 1941

Houdon Still life

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi(Fountain of Four Rivers), Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi(Fountain of Four Rivers), Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi(Fountain of Four Rivers), Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy

Evelyn Tripp in Charles James dress photo by Horst P. Horst

Pauline de Rothschild in Reboux hat, 1950, photo by Horst P. Horst

Jacqueline, Comtesse de Ribes. Vogue, 1953 photo by Host P. Horst

Yves Saint Lawrent photo by Horst P. Horst, 1958

Veruschka Von Lehndorff, 1960s

Marella Agnelli by Horst P. Horst, 1967

Bust of Louis XIV, 1665, Palace of Versailles

Bust of Louis XIV, 1665, Salon de Diane Palace of Versailles