Cléo de Mérode in dance dress, Photo by Leopold Reutlinger, Paris, France, 1901.

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode (French, 1875-1966) was a dancer of the Belle Époque era.

French ballet star, Cléo de Mérode (1875 – 1966).

Scanned from my postcard.

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode Source

Inspired by a lovely photo of the gorgeous French Belle Époque dancer Cléopatra Diane de Mérode. I just couldn’t resist, can you imagine this mysterious, impeccably dressed lady quietly causing trouble at Café de la Paix? Not her fault she had to wait three minutes too long for a certain gentleman ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode

Went by: Cléo de Mérode

Born: September 27, 1875

Died: October 17, 1966

She was a French dancer of the Belle Époque- she danced from 1886’ - 1925’.

She looks like a Goddess 

( Cléopatra Diane “Cléo” de Mérode)

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode

Cléo de Merode (Cléopatra Diane de Mérode) (27 September 1875 – 17 October 1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque.

1 - 1902.

2 - 1903.

3 - 1910s, via Tallulahs.

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode was the first woman to dance with a male partner in the Russian Ballet.

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode (27 September 1875 – 17 October 1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque.

Cléo de Mérode in dance dress, Photo by Leopold Reutlinger, 1901.

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode (1875-1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque.

    Cléopatra Diane de Mérode, painting by Gustav Klimt

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French dancer,  Cléopatra Diane de Mérode c.1905  (photo: Felix Nadar)

Cléopatra Diane “Cleo” de Mérode 

Parisian-born dancer and renowned beauty of the Belle Époque.  

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode (27 September 1875 – 17 October 1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque who became renowned for her glamour even more than for her dancing skills and her image began appearing on such things as postcards and playing cards. A particular new hairdo she choose to wear became the talk of Parisian women and was quickly adopted as a popular style for all. Her fame was such that Alexandre Falguière sculpted The Dancer in her image, which today can be seen in the Musée d'Orsay. In 1895, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec did her portrait.