painted woman
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The face of Rivera’s painted woman was based on Olympic gold medalist Helen Wills, but the character is inspired by “The Adventures of Esplandián,” a 16th century novel by Castilian author Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024
What poet of energy has ever painted woman more chaste, more gentle and sweet, than Lord Byron?
From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir
We see a play, and for the time make ourselves believe that the painted canvas is the Forest of Arden, that the painted man is Orlando, and the painted woman Rosalind.
From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Stephens, Robert Neilson
To Peter, the words of the painted woman came as a finishing blow.
From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Hamilton, Cosmo
The picture was old-fashioned, but the painted woman was exquisite, as she had always been, as she would always be in Derry's dreams.
From The Tin Soldier by Bailey, Temple
