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Gertrude Peschke, nee Schiele, 1909. A Muse of both her brother, Egon Schiele, and husband, Anton Peschka.

#gertrude schiele #photography #1909

Magdalena, Artemisia Gentileschi, Uffizi Gallery

#maddalena #mary magdalene #artemisia gentileschi

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Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath), 1836 by Camille Corot (French, 1796--1875)

#camille corot #art

Madonna, details from Bernardino Luini’s The Christ Child Asleep, 1510.

#bernardo luini #the Madonna #16th century

Lost In Dreams, Friedrich von Amerling, 1855, Garten Palais Liechtenstein

#19th century #friedrich von amerling #palais liechtenstein

Sophie of Bavaria and archduchess of Austria. Sissi’s aunt and mother in law and Franz Josef’s mum, by Karl Joseph Stieler (1832), Nymphenburg Palace.

#art #Sophie of Bavaria #19th century #Karl Joseph Stieler

Penelope, Charles-François Marchal (1868)

#art #19th century #penelope #Charles-François Marchal

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L’Aurore (c. 1881) — detail

#william-adolphe bouguereau #l’aurore #details

Bamboo and Rock, Yamamoto Baiitsu, first half 19th century

#Yamamoto Baiitsu #ukiyo e

Artist unknown.

#turn of the century #illustration #a woman wearing a veil

Maud, George Elgar Hicks (1882)

#art #maud #george elgar hicks #19th century

A reverie during the ball, by Rogelio de Egusquiza (1879) (and the details)

#rogelio de egusquiza #19th century #he was friends with wagner

A portrait of Varvara Dmitrievna (Mergasova) Rimsky-Korsakov by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1864

In the winter of 1863, the Russian countess Rimsky-Korsakova arrived at an imperial costume ball in the outfit of the priestess Tanit (from the novel “Salambô” by Gustave Flaubert was in fashion). All her attire consisted of a gauss shawl. Naturally, her wonderful shapely figure was openly demonstrated. Naturally, the guests were shocked. The empress flushed. Several minutes later Rimsky-Korsakova was invited to leave. Nonetheless she attained her goal: the scandal was grandiose. With her nudity she mocked their sophisticated fashion and pretentious manners.

She told about herself, “I am free and independent. My mistakes are my mistakes. My success is my success. I believe in myself, I do everything alone and don’t make a tragedy of it.” She was out of place in her time. She died young, only 45 years old, and beautiful." x

#19th century #art #franz xaver winterhalter #Varvara Dmitrievna (Mergasova) Rimsky-Korsakov