marchesa luisa casati

October 24th 2011

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.

I love this woman. Eat your heart out lady gaga.

Luisa Casati with Paul-Cesar Helleu and Giovanni Boldini (center) in 1913 in the gardens at Palazzo dei Leoni in Venice.

“I want to be a living work of art”

Marchesa Casati with greyhounds. Portrait by Giovanni Boldini, 1908
From the private collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber

The Palais Rose, one of Casati’s beautiful homes.

The Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Casati’s home in Venice. Later purchased by Peggy Guggenheim and now a museum.

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