Louis Cahen d'Anvers
Louis Raphaël Cahen d'Anvers | |
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| Born | 1837-05-24 |
| Died | 1922-12-20 |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Known for | French banking, member of Jewish banking dynasties |
Count Louis Raphaël Cahen d'Anvers (24 May 1837 – 20 December 1922) was a notable figure in French banking.
Life and family
He was born in 1837 to parents Meyer Joseph Cahen d'Anvers and Clara Bischoffsheim, both members of influential Jewish banking dynasties. Louis Raphaël united in marriage with Louise de Morpurgo, who hailed from an affluent Sephardi Jewish lineage based in Trieste.
Among their children were two daughters, Elisabeth (1874–1944 KZ Auschwitz) and Alice (1876–1965), who were immortalized in Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Pink and Blue (1881). Alice later wed Major General Sir Charles Townshend and became the grandmother of Arnaud de Borchgrave, a journalist with Belgian-American roots.
Their third daughter, Irène (1872–1963), was depicted in Renoir's Little Irène (1880). Louis expressed displeasure with this artwork, relegating it to the servants' quarters and postponing the payment of 1500 francs. Irène entered into marriage with Moïse de Camondo in 1891, though the couple divorced by 1902. During the period of Nazi occupation, she managed to flee to southern France; tragically, her daughter Béatrice was a victim of Auschwitz.