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MPS N°1 - DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR - March 2020
MPS has a thematic approach of men portraits in each publication with detailed stories and comments.
May provide an interesting on line tool for art students, fashion students, history lovers, schools, as well as museums interactive activities.. In this n°1 totally free access : Kings, Actors, Emperors, Pharaos, Gangsters, Maharajahs... in a word: delusions of grandeurs !
Michel Alexandrovitch Romanov (1878-1918) Grand Duke of Russia disguised as Tsarevich (chief of the Cossacks)of the 18th century, during the sumptuous grand costume ballgiven at the Winter Palace,February 11 and 13, 1903in front of 3000 guests on the theme of Boyars (the former Russian nobles)to commemorate the bicentenary of the founding of Saint Petersburg
Al Capone playing the banjo during his first incarceration in 1929. Anonymous photographer
Rudolf Swoboda Jr. (1859-1914) Hafiz Mohammed Abdul Karim, nicknamed The Munshi Servant of Queen Victoria. The Royal Trust collection
Amenoteph IV - Akhenaton Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Luxor, Egypt
Vincenzo Catena (1470-1531) Portrait of the Doge Andrea Gritti (c. 1523-31) Oil on canvas, 97.2 x 79.4 cm National Gallery, London
Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949) H.R.H the Maharadjah of Indore, 1933
And many more to read and look at... in the magazine o line on Issuu
