Showing posts with label Henri Gervex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henri Gervex. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2018

VALTESSE by GERVEX


Valtesse de La Bigne, by Henri Gervex, musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Image from Wikimedia.

Her long thick red hair was the inspiration for the nickname she gave herself, marketed herself, with "Rayon d'Or" which means Golden Ray.