Édouard André (art collector)

Portrait of Édouard André, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André.

Édouard François André (18331894) was a French banker, politician, soldier and art collector. He was the husband of Nélie Jacquemart-André, the society painter. Their art collection is preserved at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris.[1]

References

  1. Sylvia Kahan - In Search of New Scales: Prince Edmond De Polignac, Octatonic Explorer Page 60 2009 ""Around that time, Polignac made the acquaintance of Nélie Jacquemart-André, a society painter and the wife of Édouard André, a wealthy Protestant banker and arts ."