Jean August Dominique Ingres's women were dressed to the nines, complex creatures with large arms, lacquered hair and deadly gazes. My favourite remains the tragic Caroline (unmarried, she died two years after her portrait was completed), not only because she looks chaste - her proportions seem mine. Every time I'm in Paris, I go to the Louvre to stare at her. Top to bottom: 1806, Madamoiselle Caroline Riviere; 1845 Madame d'Haussonville; 1851, Madame Moitessier; 1853, Pauline Eleanore de Brassac de Bearn, Princesse Albert de Broglie; 1823, Francoise Poncelle, Madame Jacques-Louis LeBlanc.
Prease dress like this and take a pix and send it out as this year's xmas card :)
ReplyDeleteLOL... it would be a toss up between the white empire dress with the fur and the blue satin number.
ReplyDeleteI already wore something like the blue satin at Beyonce's 40th; more trashy of course. I imagine you in the grey with exact pose. quick go get someone to photoshop your face in it.
ReplyDeleteKoo Ma can wear #3...
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