Pietà (detail) by William Adolphe Bouguereau. 1876.

A Classic Never Fades

Princess Grace of Monaco with her entourage at a Masquerade Ball at Palazzo Rezzonico. Alexandre de Paris adjusts the Princess's headpiece. Venice, 1966. 

Helena Rubinstein by Marie Laurencin. 1934.

In Statu Quo Ante

Opening of the State Duma in the Saint George’s Hall of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, April  27th, 1906.

Ceiling fresco with Medici coat-of-arms by Pietro Da Cortona, 1643-1644

Rex Lex

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest." 

- Mahatma Gandhi 

Carlos, Prince of Asturias. Unknown artist.