Alfred Mosselman or Alfred Mosselmann was a Belgian aristocrat and industrialist who made a fortune in canal- and road-building. He was also a patron of the arts, particularly of his long-time lover A
Detail from Portrait of Mr and Mrs Mosselman and their two daughters, by Alfred de Dreux
Apollonie Sabatier was a French singer, artist's model and courtesan, who became a salon hostess and bohemian muse to many of the French artists of 1850s Paris.
Alfred Mosselman
…aristocrat and industrialist who made a fortune in canal- and road-building. He was also a patron of the arts, particularly of his long-time lover Apollonie Sabatier…
Portrait of Apollonie Sabatier by Vincent Vidal, Musée National du château de Compiègne.
Apollonie Sabatier, sculpted by Auguste Clésinger as Woman Bitten by a Serpent in 1847, today in Musée d'Orsay