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ADA portraits. Mary O'Reilly = Mary Louise O'Murphy
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----- Forwarded message from j.rea2@insightbb.com -----
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:27:20 -0500
From: John A Rea <j.rea2@insightbb.com>
On page 41.3-5 of Ada is mentioned, "Prince Vyeslav
Zemski...portrayed in rich oil holding his barely [nice
ambiguity?] pubescent bride...." In the family tree the
dates show that that bride was fiftee years of age. The
prince's son Peter married one Mary O Reilly, and fathered
in turn a Peter [honestly!] who also wedded a fifteen
year old Dolly [anticipated by the doll in her grandmother's
portrait?].
My nominations for either of the fifteen year old
brides would actually be the Irish girl in a Boucher portrait
"of a fifteen-year-old
Irish girl, Mary Louise O'Murphy, with her beautiful red
hair. She was Casanova's mistress at the time. The
painting is thought to have been a job application to
become the King's mistress. It must have worked since
she subsequently was mistress to the King of France and
bore him two children. The painting is in the Alte
Pinkothek in Munich, in other words, Art with a
capital A, and spoken in reverent tones so no one
seems to care. Or the famous American statue of
Justice, nude from the waist up, was modeled on a
lovely fifteen-year-old woman, also thought to be the
artist's lover."
All this quoted from somewhere on the net. I'm going to
try attaching a jpeg of that protrait, and if I'm
successful, you will be also pleased by the view of
this young lady the artist has chosen. Let me know
of this attachment comes through (or not)
Cheers
John
----- End forwarded message ---
EDNOTE. Hmmm...Many thanks to John Rea for this item. I know the Boucher
painting but had not seen the possible link to ADA.
