The name of this elegant lady, watching absent-minded while seated in bar table, is Evelina Schapira Levi Broglio and she died few years ago, in 2007. I came to know her story because I was looking for informations about Casetta…
Portrait of Mananà Pignatelli by talented illustrator and friend Vanna Vinci I’ve found really very few informations about Anna Maria dei principi d’Aragona Pignatelli di Terranova di Cortes, also known as Mananà (1894-1960). Just only one picture of her reveals…
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, John Singer Sargent, 1885-1886 This painting by J. S. Sargent express the mood I’m into for this upcoming month. This painting is so delicate and dreamful, a magical moment, secret and hidden. “I am trying to paint…
Villa San Michele, the Bedroom I already talk about Marchesa Luisa Casati plenty and passionately and now I can confess that my attraction for Capri started when I knew that she lived there for some years during the 20’s. I came to…
This is a new section of the blog that I called fragments, a mix of things that caught my attention here and there, but not so important to make a post about them. Some readers also told me that it…
Luisa Casati by Man Ray, 1922 A bunch of pictures that inspires me lately: Luisa Casati, first and foremost, for her obsession for occultism. She used to hang around with a crystall ball in both hands; Ouija Board, a “magic” board with…