life-imitates-art-far-more: Marie Bouliard (1763-1825) “Self-Portrait as Aspasia” (1794)
life-imitates-art-far-more: Marie Bouliard (1763-1825) “Self-Portrait as Aspasia” (1794) Oil on canvas Located in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras, France Aspasia (c. 470-c. 400 BC) was an immigrant to Classical-era Athens who was the lover and partner of the statesman Pericles. According to Plutarch, her house became an intellectual centre in Athens, attracting the most prominent writers and thinkers, including the philosopher Socrates. Aspasia is mentioned in the writings of Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon and others. -- source link
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