Portrait of Marchesa Luisa Casati by Adolf de Meyer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhar5EOCrBiegn0joebZJm4I5_b3qBTdC5H72r3KXhGLiyG9MjCZBOyPN70iFejujWJCEW74qaRKPxlR1lxNPvIF1chG7Fe6RnOsXEVg_HW2SGeQK6c6Q5HI8e2_VXvmgXt084Miyd-zECd/s1600/Portrait+of+Marchesa+Luisa+Casati+by+Adolf+de+Meyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhar5EOCrBiegn0joebZJm4I5_b3qBTdC5H72r3KXhGLiyG9MjCZBOyPN70iFejujWJCEW74qaRKPxlR1lxNPvIF1chG7Fe6RnOsXEVg_HW2SGeQK6c6Q5HI8e2_VXvmgXt084Miyd-zECd/s1600/Portrait+of+Marchesa+Luisa+Casati+by+Adolf+de+Meyer.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://alabaster1.tumblr.com/post/39036369851/portrait-of-marchesa-luisa-casati-by-adolf-de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">via</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa_Casati" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino</a></b> (23 January 1881 – 1 June 1957) was an eccentric Italian heiress, muse, and patroness of the arts in early 20th century Europe. As the concept of dandy was expanded to include women, the marchesa Casati fitted the utmost female example by saying: "I want to be a living work of art".<br /><br /><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_de_Meyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adolph de Meyer</a></b> (1st September 1868 - 6 January 1946) was a photographer famed for his elegant photographic portraits in the early 20th century, many of which depicted celebrities such as Mary Pickford, Rita Lydig, Luisa Casati, Billie Burke, Irene Castle, John Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Ruth St. Denis, King George V of the United Kingdom, and Queen Mary. He was also the first official fashion photographer for the American magazine Vogue, appointed to that position in 1913.</div>

Portrait of Marchesa Luisa Casati by Adolf de Meyer

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