L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Friday, December 16, 2022

Three ladies, relaxing

 
La Turque (a presumed portrait of the courtesan Catherine-Rosalie Gerard Duthé), by Étienne Aubry, 1779.
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 L'Ombrelle verte (a portrait of the artist's elder sister, Edma Morisot), by Berthe Morisot, 1873.
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Portrait of a Smoking Lady, by Richard Friedrich "Fritz" Reusing, 1927.




1 comment:

  1. First portrait lady posed like a Chinese empress, second portrait brings to mind Emily Dickinson and third portrait a very daring woman smoking, when it was frowned upon by polite society in the day. - Rj/IE

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