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I can't get the thought out of my mind that already I posted about portraits of the Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957). I found a directory containing images of her dating from three years ago, but some searches of this blog have turned up nothing. So I am puzzled.

But that doesn't really matter because I just added more images to create an even more richly illustrated post (if indeed there was a previous one). La Casati was one of the most portrayed women of her times, though she fell a bit short of Suzy Solidor. Better yet, Casati was painted by some very well-known artists, which adds to the interest.

As her Wikipedia entry (first link, above) indicates, she was extremely rich, yet managed to spend it away by the time she was around 50. Plus, she had a magnetic personality that fascinated most of those who portrayed her.

The painting that launched her celebrity is Giovanni Boldini's 1908 version of her shown at the top of this post. Below are other images by name of artist in order of the year they were made.

Gallery

[Image]Alberto Martini - 1912

[Image]Leon Bakst - 1912

[Image]Adolph de Meyer (photo) - 1912

[Image]Giovanni Boldini - 1914

[Image]Kees Van Dongen - 1914

[Image]Kees Van Dongen - 1915

[Image]Augustus John - 1919

[Image]Augustus John - 1919

[Image]Frederico Beltran - 1920

[Image]Romaine Brooks - 1920

[Image]Kees Van Dongen - 1921

[Image]Augustus John - 1942