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Iron Fist

7 Feb

I’ve often wondered if perhaps I am not really female as I actually don’t really go mad for shoes. Occasionally though something will catch my eye, such as these beautiful shoes by Iron Fist which I happened upon a couple of months ago but promptly decided that I am now far too dowdy to wear.

The thing is that I can’t decide which ones to get but seeing as I very, very rarely buy shoes do you think I can justify buying all four pairs? I think I deserve it and I *need* shoes, right? Right.

I tried to justify the expense by pretending that I ‘needed’ them for a wedding that we are going to at the end of April, but I think Dave saw through it…

A lost portrait of Madame de Montespan

7 Feb

This beautiful Mignard portrait of Madame de Montespan hasn’t been seen since it was stolen from an auction house many, many years ago. I was lucky enough to come across it inside an old book about Mademoiselle de Montpensier and took a couple of photographs so that I could share it with you all.

Two sisters by Vestier

7 Feb

A gorgeous miniature by Vestier of two unknown sisters, painted in 1775.

The other Princesse de Monaco

7 Feb

A miniature by Hall of Louise d’Aumont (1759-1826), Princesse de Monaco and sister in law of Françoise de Choiseul-Stainville.

Two miniatures of the Duchesse d’Angoulême

7 Feb

Madame la Duchesse d’Angoulême by Amèlie d’Aubigny. The Duchesse was the eldest and sole surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Madame la Duchesse in later life by Augustin.

Madame du Barry

7 Feb

A beautiful miniature of Madame du Barry by the English miniaturist Richard Cosway.

Compare with this gorgeous 1771 portrait by Drouais:

I think my favourite portrait of Madame du Barry is this one by Madame Vigée-Lebrun:

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