Henner portrays Thérèse Bianchi (1870-1940) around 1888-1889.
In this study, the painter pays particular attention to the treatment of the eyes, whose hardness and darkness denote with the expected image of a young girl from a good family.
Thérèse Bianchi, a brilliant salonnière and woman of letters, became the Comtesse Murat in January 1894 through her marriage to Gaëtan-Joachim Murat, an artillery officer.
