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Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild

Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (1864-1934) is the daughter of the baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), a banker and major collector of ancient art, a notable donor to French museums and member of the Académie des beaux-arts, and of Leonora von Rothschild (1837-1911) of the London branch of the Rothschild family. Béatrice married Maurice Ephrussi (1849-1916), from whom she separated in 1904.

When her father died in 1905, Béatrice bought 7 hectares of Cap-Ferrat to build the villa of her dreams, the Villa Ile-de-France, where she lived when not in one of her apartments in Paris or Monte Carlo.

Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild died in Davos (Switzerland) on 7 April 1934. In memory of her father, she bequeathed to the Académie des Beaux-Arts the Villa Ile-de-France, now the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, with its collections and gardens, as well as its collections in Paris and Monte Carlo.

Villa et jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild
Villa et jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild © H&K / Victor Point

 

Villa et jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild
© H&K / Victor Point