Wednesday, March 09, 2022

angelic profiles


Scrolling through Instagram: This miumiu post with the model's face in profile, with curly hair and feathery textured backpack made me think of a Renaissance angel.

Then I saw this similar image in an ad for an exhibition Love Stories at the Worcester Art Museum

 Dame_byGeorgeFredericWatts.jpg (893×1200) (worcesterart.org)

George Frederic Watts, Ellen Terry ('Choosing'), 1864, oil on strawboard mounted on Gatorfoam, 472 x 352 mm. National Portrait Gallery, London. Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Gallery, 1975. © National Portrait Gallery, London

Now I shall have to collect these here.

I'm sure there are some pre-Raphaelite paintings to include.

For now, a family snapshot:





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