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Ruth Anderson (German, born Brigitte Lieselotte Strombergerin, June 1943).

Photo by Bunny Yeager (born Linnea Eleanor Yeager, American, March 13, 1929 - May 25, 2014).

The Inferno, with Hell Mouth, 1455. Unknown artist. An illustration from the anonymous manuscript Speculum Humanae Salvationis, circa 1309/1324, possibly by Friar Ludolph of Saxony, aka Ludolph the Carthusian, (German, circa 1295-1378). Newberry Library, Chicago.

On the appeal of Ruth Anderson and the genius of Bunny Yeager:

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Sharon Tate (American, Jan. 24, 1943 - Aug. 9, 1969). Wedding portrait in a mirror.

Detail of the Last Judgment fresco: The Damned, with Hell Mouth, circa 1492. Giovanni Canavesio (Italian, circa 1450-circa 1500), possibly with Giovanni Baleison (Italian, 1463-1492). Notre-Dame des Fontaines, La Brigue, France.

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Morfyyd Clark (Welsh, born March 17, 1989)

The Courtesan, 17th century or later. Unknown artist, after Jan Steen (Dutch, 1625/26 - 1679.

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Elke Sommer (German, born Nov. 5, 1940)

Sisera and Jael, after 1600 / before 1650. Attributed to Giovan Battista Crespi (Italian, 1573 to 1632). Cathedral Duomo of Milan.

Based on Judges 4:12-21.

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Diane Webber (American, born Marguerite Empey, July 27, 1932 – August 19, 2008)

Christ Frees the Souls in Limbo, 1530. Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, circa 1472-1553).

Diane Webber's photographs convey a liveliness and implicit emotionality that mark all the best pin-ups in the "skin" or "girly" magazines that were her bread and butter.

She was a trained ballerina, and many of her pictures exhibit a natural grace that sets her modelling apart from the rudimentary poses typical of many of her contemporaries.

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Ava Gardner (American, Dec. 24, 1922 - Jan. 25, 1990). Still from the film The Killers (1946), dir. Robert Siodmak.

God Creates Eve, 15th century. Vatican Apostolic Library.

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Hillary Duff (American, born Sept. 28, 1987)

The Deadly Sin of Avarice, from La Somme le Roi by Laurent d'Orleans, circa 1290-1300. Master Honoré, painter, active 1288-1318 in the court of Phillip III (aka Phillip the Fair), Paris.

Master Honoré was a Parisian secular artist who produced Gothic-era illuminated manuscripts for the French monarchy, particularly Philip the Fair. He is considered sculptural in the design of his figures, even capturing the light as it plays on their bodies. (Wikipedia)

The text La Somme le Roi, by Dominican friar Laurent d'Orleans, includes expositions of Christianity's seven deadly sins and their remedies.

Image source: British Library, Add. 28162, fol. 9v.

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The Mocking of Christ, scene from The Grey Passion, circa 1494 - circa 1500. Hans Holbein the Elder (German, circa 1460-1524)

Alexandra Daddario (American, born March 16, 1986).

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Jennifer Love Hewitt (American, born Feb. 29, 1979)

Exterior panel (shutter) of the Antonius Altarpiece, 1520-1522. Johann von Köln (German, active 1501-1522). Xanten Cathedral, Xanten Germany.

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Elisabeth Shue (American, born October 6, 1963)

The Martyrdom of Isaiah, circa 1360. From the Speculum humanae salvationis. Unknown artist. Hs 2505, f. 43r. Archive of University and State Library, Darmstadt. Germany.

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Alice Eve (English, born Feb. 6, 1982)

The Flaying of Saint Bartholomew, from the Retaule de Pertegàs, circa 1465-1480. Jaume Huguet (Catalan, 1412-1492). Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.

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Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejata, American, Sept. 5, 1940 - Feb. 15, 2023)

Allegorical figure from a medieval manuscript (unknown), probably second half of 15th century.

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Diana Dors (English, born Diana Mary Fluck, Oct. 23, 1931 - May 4, 1984.)

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, from the Chronicle of Baudouin d'Avennes, circa 1473-1480.

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Ava Gardner (American, Dec. 34, 1922 - Jan. 25, 1990)

Miniature from Apocalypse (Revelation) with commentary by Berengaudus, in parallel Latin and French, circa 1320-1330. Unknown artist.

(Depicting a hell-mouth with three beasts, many souls, and the devil, as fire (left) falls from above)

British Library, Add 17333 f43r.

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Jayne Mansfield (American, April 19, 1933 - June 29, 1967). Playboy Magazine, Feb. 1963. Photograph by Bill Kobrin.

Last Judgment, circa 1600-1605. Follower of Jacob de Backer (Flemish, 1555-1585)