Giovanni Boldini portrayed the crème de la crème of the Belle Epoque characters.
Among these portaits, some are well-known and immediately recognizable.
Some others less so but all of them, among those I'm showing here, have in common
one thing: a lovely, gorgeous, stylish or plain-naked redhead.
X Putting On Her Dress
X Reclining Nude
This painting has an interesting story
" From Wikipedia: A Boldini portrait of his former muse Marthe de Florian, a French actress, was discovered in a Paris flat in late 2010, hidden away from view on the premises that were unvisited for 70 years. The portrait has never been listed, exhibited or published and the flat belonged to de Florian's granddaughter who went to live in the South of France at the outbreak of the Second World War and never returned. A love-note and a biographical reference to the work painted in 1898, when the actress was 24, cemented its authenticity."
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Marchioness Luisa Casati - One of the most extravagant characters of her time.
X - Nude With Red Hair
Socialite Mrs. Howard Johnston (née Dolly of Dunbarton) 1906
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