"She comes before us through a mist of tender memories. A sweet artistic woman, made doubly interesting by her sad story of betrayal, by her beauty and her grace, and by a sympathetic attraction which won all hearts in her lifetime."
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"She comes before us through a mist of tender memories. A sweet artistic woman, made doubly interesting by her sad story of betrayal, by her beauty and her grace, and by a sympathetic attraction which won all hearts in her lifetime."
A feminist prodigy charms the European elite
1741-1807A natural academic creates beauty by the rules
1825-1905Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge
1823-1889Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk
1748-1825Painted for Marie Antoinette and never made a dime
1755-1842African-American and Native American woman takes over the world of Italian sculpture
1844-1907Renaissance painter wins the internet
1735-1802A phenom works himself to death
1767-1824A global titan of neoclassical sculpture
1757-1822Bigger is better
1798-1863Making a solid living from Etchings
1720-1778