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Betty Brosmer (American, born Betty Chloe Brosmer, Aug. 6, 1929), later, Betty Weider.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1975. Mattehijs Röling (Dutch, Mar. 31, 1943 - July 10, 2024).

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Tina Louise (American, born Tatiana Josivovna Chernova Blacker, Feb. 11, 1934).

Fleurette, 1886. Albert Glibert (Belgian, 1832-1917).

Photograph by Peter Basch (American, born in Germany, Sep. 23, 1932 - March 15, 2004).

thanks @twentieth-century-man

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Colleen Farrington (American, Aug. 5, 1936 - Oct. 12, 2015). Centerfold model for Playboy magazine, September 1957.

Engraved frontispiece to Actorum chymicorum homiensium (Acts of the Mortal Alchemists) by Urban Hjärne (Swedish, 1641-1724), written in 1712. Taken from a printing of the manuscript circa 1740s-1760s. Artist unknown.

Photograph of Colleen Farrington by Peter Basch (American, born in Germany, Sep. 23, 1921 - Mar. 15, 2004).

More about the engraving

The engraving depicts the mother goddess Diana of Ephesus (a syncretic expression of the Hellenic deity Artemis) integrated into a tower-like athanor, the ideal, self-fueling furnace that alchemists strove to develop, capable of maintaining the constant and consistent heat they believed necessary for the transmutation of elements.

Diana’s inclusion is intended to assert a continuity of alchemical knowledge with the philosophies and magical practices of the ancient world.

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Bettie Page (American, April 22, 1923 - Dec. 11, 2008)

Resurrection, circa 1530. Francesco Vecellio (Italian, Republic of Venice, circa 1475–1560).

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Sydney Sweeney (American, born Sep. 12, 1997).

David with the Head of Goliath and Two Soldiers, circa 1620-1622. Valentin de Boulogne, called Le Valentin (French, 1591-1632).

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Marie Devereux (born Patricia Sutcliffe, English, Nov. 27, 1940 - Dec. 30, 2019). 1957, Isles of Scilla, Great Britain.

Susanna and the Elders, 1610. Artemisia Gentleschi (Italian, 1593-1653).

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Mara Corday (born Marilyn Joan Watts, American, born Jan. 3, 1930).

Olympia, 1863. Edouard Manet (French, Jan. 23, 1832 - April. 30, 1883).

thanks @hellooldsmelly

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

The Baptism of Christ, begun circa 1608, completed 1614. Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco (Greek, 1541-1614; active in Rome, 1570-1577; active in Spain, 1577-1614).

Painting completed after El Greco’s death by his son Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli.

Museo del Prado, Madrid.

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Audrey Hepburn (British, May 4, 1929 - Jan. 20, 1993), after filming of Sabrina in 1954.

The Miracle of Saint Justus, 1630s. Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640).

Photographer: possibly Cecil Beaton (British, Jan. 14, 1904 - Jan. 18, 1980).

About Saint Justus of Beauvais

Per Wikipedia

After he was beheaded, Justus' body then picked up the severed head and continued to speak.[2] Justus is thus one of the legendary cephalophores, the saintly "head-carriers" who miraculously continued to speak or move despite being decapitated. This legend was elaborated in subsequent centuries and stated that the headless boy managed to convert pagan onlookers.

Cephalophores.

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Vikki Dougan (American, born Edith Tucker, January 1, 1929).

The Miracle of Saint Valeria of Limoges before Saint Martial, between 1629 and 1632. Giovanni Antonio Galli, called Lo Spadarino (Italian, 1585-circa 1652).

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Diana Rigg (English, July 20, 1938 - Sep. 10, 2020), circa 1969.

The Dream, 1910. Henri Rousseau (French, May 21, 1844 – Sep. 2, 1910).

Photograph: Terry O’Neill (American, Jul. 30, 1938 - Nov. 16, 2019).

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Bunny (Linnea Eleanor) Yeager (American, March 13, 1929 - May 25, 2014). Self-Portrait.

The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers, circa 1673 - 1675. Jan de Baen (Dutch, Feb. 20, 1633 - Mar. 8, 1702).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The painting depicts the nude, mutilated bodies of Johan and Cornelis de Witt after they were murdered by a mob in The Hague in 1672.

The de Witts were Dutch statesmen opposed the royal hegemony of William of Orange. They reached their peak power early in a period of extreme military, economic, and diplomatic turbulence, which saw Netherlands’ decline in European influence.

1672 is known as the Rampjaar (disaster year), when political chaos culminated in the de Witts’ lynching by Orangists. It has long been claimed that some in the mob annibalized parts of their bodies.

de Baen probably completed his painting no more than four years after these events. Partly due to its shockingly realistic brutality, the painting’s acquisition by the Rijksmuseum in 1802, and the eventual decision to exhibit it publicly, caused some controversy.

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Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1, 1926 - Aug. 4, 1962) in Let’s Make Love (1960) dir. George Cukor.

Roman Charity (Cimon and Pero), circa 1655-1657. Willem Drost (Dutch, Apr. 19, 1633 - Feb. 25, 1659).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Why is all this trash?

Trash this all is why.

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Almost sacred.

Raquel Welch (American, born Jo Raquel Tejata, Sept. 5, 1940 - Feb. 15, 2023). Promotional photo for Fantastic Voyage (1966), dir. Richard Fleischer.

NASA image of Jupiter, taken Dec. 2024.

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Claudia Cardinale (Italian, born April 25, 1938). On the set of La Viaccia (The Lovemakers), 1962.

The Four Doctors of the Church: Saint Jerome, between 1600 and 1650. Attributed to Gerard Seghers (Flemish, 1591-1651).

UK National Trust, Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset, England.