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| http://www.timkenmuseum.org/collection/french/portrait |
Can you imagine wearing metal bodice or corset? How rigid one will be wearing something so stiff! I recently went to the Timken Museum in San Diego, and I saw this painting of Marguerite de Sève, Countess de Fléchères by Nicolas de Largilliere. The painting is beautiful and the lady looks grand and lavish. The bodice however made of metal looked stunning to me, decorated with embossing and jewels. The standard of beauty for woman has changed throughout history, although woman have been under a lot social pressure to look a certain way, I am glad I don't have to wear a corset, let alone a metal one, just to have a tiny waist.
The Timken Museum has some amazing paintings, couple of my favourite is a painting by Brugel and the painting Torment of St. Anthony by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo which I spent a long time looking at. So if you are in the area, check out the museum and the beautiful balboa park surrounding it.
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