Essentiality of Beauty

Essentiality of Beauty

  • Essentiality of Beauty
    Beauty is a Life story
  • Essentiality of Beauty
    Beauty is a Human story
  • Essentiality of Beauty
    Beauty is a Wellness story
  • Essentiality of Beauty
    Beauty is a Science story
  • Essentiality of Beauty
    Beauty is a Business story
  • Essentiality of Beauty
    Beauty is a Tech story

Art Gallery

  • Voltaire nude
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  • Portrait of woman, known as 'L'Européenne'
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  • Sleeping Hermaphrodite
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  • Bust of Ummayat, daughter of Yarhai
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  • Head of Prince
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  • Portrait of a Young Princess of the House of Este
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  • Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love, and the Three Graces Presenting gifts to a young woman
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  • Self Portrait Holding a Thisle
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  • Saint Mary Magdalene
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  • Bathsheba at her Bath Holding King David's Letter
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  • Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France
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  • Woman with a Mirror
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  • Princess Nefertiabet before her meal
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  • Hermès, god of travellers, known as Richelieu Hermès
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  • Presumed portrait of Madeleine
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  • King Sargon II and a high dignitary
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  • Statue of Ebih-II, high ranking dignitary of the city of Mari
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  • The Seated Scribe
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  • Kuros (nude youth)
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  • Sarcophagus of the spouses: couple reclining on a banquet bed
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Presumed portrait of Madeleine

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

1800, France • Oil on canvas

Presumed portrait of Madeleine

Presumed portrait of Madeleine

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

1800, France • Oil on canvas

In 1800, the title of my picture was 'Portrait of a Negress'. It made quite a splash! Then, in the year 2000, they renamed it 'Portrait of a black woman'. And later still, after they thought they had found out who I was, they called me 'Madeleine'. Regardless of my name, I try to embody the noble beauty of all black women.