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Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild

French socialite, art collector, and Belle Époque heiress who built Villa Île-de-France at Cap Ferrat and bequeathed ~5,000 works to the Institut de France.

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My entry way into the discovery of perhaps my favorite socialite was her magnum opus Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. The Villa itself is just a magnificent self portrait of Béatrice's creative style. Béatrice was a French Socialite, Art Collector, and a member of the french branch of the Rothschild Banking Industry. As previously mentioned Villa Île-de-France at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, now known as the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is by far her most notable work. At her death she beqeauthed the villa , and over 5,000 works of art to the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France.

 

She married Maurice Ephrussi 6 June 1883 in Paris, at the Synagogue on Rue de la Victorie. Maurice her husband was a Ashkenazi Jew held from a Banking Dynasty whos progenitor Charles Joachim Ephrussi (1792–1864), built a grain-trading fortune in Odessa. Circa 1860 the family was the world's largest exporter of wheat.

See Also

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild exterior
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Cap Ferrat.
Villa Ephrussi facade
The rose-colored facade.
Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild
Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild.
Villa Ephrussi interior room
Interior room of the villa.
Villa Ephrussi tea room
Tea room at Cap Ferrat.
Villa Ephrussi interior
Inside Villa Ephrussi.

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