Sunday, June 7, 2026

Des toges sur la pelouse - Olympian and French national hero, Jean Bouin

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Alexandre François Étienne  Jean  Bouin (21 December 1888, Marseille – 29 September 1914, Xivray-et-Marvoisin), French middle-distance runne...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

The most elegant twist - velvet evening gown, Jeanne Paquin, Winter 1911

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  Changeable coral and gold silk velvet; silk chiffon; metallic gold lace; green silk thread; assorted glass and metal beads.
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Sunday, May 24, 2026

Certain of a face, searching for a life - Charles Obzée Duchemin, photograph by Jacques-Philippe Potteau,1862

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  Charles Obzée (actually Elizée?) Duchemin,  Tambour-major des Zouaves de la Garde Impériale  (Tambour Major of the Imperial Guard Zouaves....
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Wedgwood on a French mantlepiece? - Madame Danloux, by her husband, Henri-Pierre Danloux, circa 1790

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  The portrait of madame Danloux, née Marie-Pierrette- Antoinette  de Saint-Rédan, was painted by her husband, Henri-Pierre Danloux, around ...
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Sunday, May 10, 2026

Lasciando da parte le follie della giovinezza - Study of a Boy in Profile, by Massimo Stanzione, circa 1620-25

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  Formerly in the collection of Rudolf Nureyev. * Adapted from Wikipedia: Massimo Stanzione (also called Stanzioni; 1585, Frattamaggiore or ...
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Long lost Letty - in celebration of the reappearance of Joan Crawford's "Letty Lynton," portraits by Hurrell, 1932

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  * Letty Lynton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, and Nils Asther. Directed by Clarence Br...
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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Simply precious - still-lifes by Blaise-Alexandre Desgoffe

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  1868. Nearly all of the titles for these paintings are nothing more than descriptive of the objects portrayed, so I'm only listing the...
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