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That's it.
I really need to get to Rome.
Richard sent me some images from the Napoleonic Museum in Rome and I really need to get there. One image was this fantastic painting of Pauline Bonaparte.
For years now I have been reading about her legendary beauty.
And trying to keep my twentieth century beauty bias in check, I have to say, I must have thought a million times that she really wasn't that stunning.....what was all the fuss about?
Until I got Richard's picture and it forced me to look through several of my books for another.
And I found this painting.
I must have just ignored it because it wasn't of Josephine.
She really is beautiful.
In fact. I can now say she was truly stunning. The painting is at Versailles by Benoist.
I've ordered a new book about her on Amazon. (I put the link on the side of my blog.)
Now I need more information!
Also, I was so curious about the painter of this Pauline portrait. I believe it was Marie-Guillemine Benoist. She studied under David and although there are other artists with the same last name, Marie was working in Fance during the Napoleon years. I found a painting of another Bonaparte sister as well!
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2 comments:
Well she certainly knows what to dress in! i like the one in red. There was a legend about Pauline making the formula for a parfum on Elba when her brother was exiled there. Apparently a seagull flew away with it, and then some youngsters found the ancient formula and made it into the Acqua Dell' Elba. The legend is very interesting.
And the parfum is very nice.
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