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Portia Wounding her Thigh, Elisabetta Sirani
Brutus was hiding something and Portia knew it. Portia was the daughter of a Roman senator, raised in the turbulent intrigues of golden age Rome, and though she was only 26, she'd already spent more than a decade as a political bargaining chip. Brutus was her second marriage to her father’s political allies, and now, almost exactly a year after their wedding, he'd been gathering friends for secret meetings. read more
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on August 30
Jacques-Louis David, The ArtistsPortrait of Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David

Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk

1748 – 1825
Theo van Doesburg, The ArtistsPortrait of Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg

Ending a friendship over diagonal lines

1883 – 1931
Evelyn De Morgan, The ArtistsPortrait of Evelyn De Morgan

Evelyn De Morgan

"Art is eternal, but life is short…"

1855 – 1919
Leonor Fini, The ArtistsPortrait of Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

The brilliant bisexual cat-lady of surrealism

1907 – 1996

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