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bonjour, welcome to my second blog, which is dedicated to art and bygone times.
thevictorianduchess: Queen Elizabeth IUnknownOil on panelc. 1575
hadrian6: St.Sebastian. 1625. Nicolas Regnier. Flemish. 1590-1667.
c0ssette: An Allegory of Fame and an Allegory of Virtue (detail) Sirani Elisabetta, 1638-1665.
orpheuse: Tamara and Demon by Konstantin Makovsky
intersouls: Statue in Louvre Palace Gardens. Paris, France.
jaded-mandarin: Guido Reni. Detail from St. Catherine of Alexandria.
a-l-ancien-regime: Detail from The Queen Dowager Juliane Marie, 1776, Denmark, by Vigilius Eriksen (1722–1782)   1776 oil on canvas Ivory silk bodice, petticoat and sleeve with large patterned mauve ribbon in double bows to elbow from which cascades three tiers of delicate ivory lace (engageantes), matching patterned mauve ribbon cockade-like bows to center of bodice, holding in place a delicate lace worked fichu that drapes up over the shoulders. (text by “18th Century Art—Fashion” in Pinterest)