[DiamondSmiles]

In the late 1880s, the body of a 16-year-old girl was pulled from the Seine. She was apparently a suicide, as her body showed no marks of violence, but her beauty and her enigmatic smile led a Paris pathologist to order a plaster death mask of her face.

Though the girl’s identity remains a mystery, her face, it’s said, has become, “the most kissed face of all time.”

*If they don't know who she is, how do they know her age?*

[Sharon]

Wow, she looks so serene. Hard to believe it's a death mask!

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by Sharon. ↗

Wow, she looks so serene. Hard to believe it's a death mask!

Much better than Dr. Von Cosel's, lol!

It is beautiful

[Rusty666]

[Rachee]

I wonder if he moved her lips to smile before doing the death mask?

[Spiffyfable]

I like it

[Bastet]

Kind of eerie maybe but at the same time it's hauntingly beautiful. Awesome mask and awesome image

[gatagato]

Albert Rudomine –
La Vierge inconnue du canal de l’Ourcq (1927)
Gelatin silver print , 49 x 77 cm
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie

http://expositions.bnf.fr/portraits/grand/070.htm
http://le000310.host.inode.at/presse...=7&id=1&sub=50
http://lapetitemelancolie.wordpress....ine-1892-1975/

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by gatagato ↗

Albert Rudomine –
La Vierge inconnue du canal de l’Ourcq (1927)
Gelatin silver print , 49 x 77 cm
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie

http://expositions.bnf.fr/portraits/grand/070.htm
http://le000310.host.inode.at/presse...=7&id=1&sub=50
http://lapetitemelancolie.wordpress....ine-1892-1975/

Thanks for the info, gata!

Interesting works! No hablo francais though!

[DEWBZ]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles ↗

In the late 1880s, the body of a 16-year-old girl was pulled from the Seine. She was apparently a suicide, as her body showed no marks of violence, but her beauty and her enigmatic smile led a Paris pathologist to order a plaster death mask of her face.

Though the girl’s identity remains a mystery, her face, it’s said, has become, “the most kissed face of all time.”

*If they don't know who she is, how do they know her age?*

you liked being choked, don't you?