#borghese

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Head of Ares

[empirearchives]

Description of Pauline Bonaparte

Buste de la princesse Pauline Borghèse, Jean-Baptiste Isabey (Louvre)

“At dinner, I was placed next Paulette, who, remembering that she had met me at Marseilles, knowing me to be in possession of her secrets since I was the confidential friend of her future husband, treated me as an old acquaintance. She was a singular combination of the most perfect physical beauty and the most bizarre moral qualities. If she was the most lovely person one could possibly see, she was also the most unreasonable that one could imagine. She behaved like a schoolgirl, speaking at random, laughing at nothing and at everything, making fun of the most serious persons, putting out her tongue at her sister-in-law when she was not looking, nudging my knee when I did not pay sufficient attention to her pranks, and attracting to herself from time to time those terrible glances with which her brother called the most untractable men to order. But they made hardly any impression on her; the next moment she would begin again, and the authority of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy fell to pieces before the giddiness of a little girl. Nevertheless, she was a good child by nature rather than from a desire to be such, for she had no principle and was capable of doing good merely from caprice.”

— The poet Arnault

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*Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy is Napoleon.

Source: The Sisters of Napoleon: Elisa, Pauline, and Caroline Bonaparte, After the Testimony of Their Contemporaries, by Joseph Turquan and W. R. H. Trowbridge

From Arnault, Souvenirs d'un Sexagénaire

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Lorenzo Valles (Spanish, 1831-1910) Paulina Borghese in Antonio Canova's studio, n.d.

[museeeuuuum]

What makes a good museum? Is it the lighting? The interpretation? The little cafe that serves delicious teas and pastries? Come along with Cosi and I as we chat about our favourite museums and what makes them so engaging!

[hornyforpoetry]

”Busts” - Villa Borghese, Rome Italy

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US Vogue February 1988

Rachel Williams wears a cropped yellow jacket over a black crepe jumpsuit. Ultrasuede jacket. By Geoffrey Beene. Beauty note: Borghese Peach Passione lipstick. Hairstyle, Orlando Raphael, makeup, Andrea Paoletti.

Rachel Williams porte une veste jaune courte sur une combinaison en crêpe noir. Veste Ultrasuede. Par Geoffrey Beene. Note beauté : rouge à lèvres Peach Passione de Borghese. Coiffure, Orlando Raphael, maquillage, Andrea Paoletti.

Photo Irving Penn vogue archive

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Temple of Esculapio, 2024 water color michael pontieri

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The Borghese Gallery, Rome, ITALY

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“Parure with Engraved Gems" given to Josephine by Napoleon's sister Caroline Murat (1808) and "Pauline Borghese, Duchess of Guastala (sister of Napoleon)" by Robert Lefèvre (1806) presented in “A History of Jewellery: Bedazzled (part 5: 19th Century)” by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson - International Jewellery Historian and Author - for the V&A Academy online, march 2024.

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Apollon et Daphné

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chefs d'oeuvres de la maison borghese

raphael, leonardo da vinci, caravaggio, botticelli

musee jacquemard andre, paris

[illustratus]

Head of Ares

[empirearchives]

Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix by Canova

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PRIMA PAGINA La Stampa di Oggi lunedì, 04 novembre 2024

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

[hornyforpoetry]

Villa Borghese Ceilings - Rome, Italy