Portrait of the Marchesa Luisa Casati with a Greyhound

Boldini he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style of painting. His painting depicts Luisa Casati. Her eccentricities delighted European society for nearly three decades. The beautiful and extravagant hostess to the Ballets Russes was something of a legend among her contemporaries. She astonished society by parading with a pair of leashed cheetahs and wearing live snakes as jewellery.