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07 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The beautiful and damned women of history

Mar 22, 2018

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Théodore Chassériau, 1819-1856 MARY STUART SWEARING REVENGE Oil on canvas 25 1/2 by 21 1/4 in Private Collection While Chassériau’s precise inspiration for Mary Stuart Swearing Revenge is unknown, it is possible that the work was based on Friedrich Schiller’s play of 1800 or Donizetti’s opera, Maria Stuarda, written in 1845. It has been suggested…