#fortunino matania

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Pegasus, the Winged Horse by Fortunino Matania

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In the Hareem by Fortunino Matania (1881-1963)

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More of Fortunino Matania’s illustrations of Napoleon. He draws him so well! 😚💗

The Princess Caraboo story is so hilariously ridiculous though. So she is an English lady (Mary Willcocks) who pretended to be a princess from some unknown island and she managed to fool everyone in Gloucestershire. When she finally got exposed, she was sent to Philadelphia. Along the journey, the ship was caught in a storm near St. Helena and Princess Caraboo apparently got on a boat and rowed ashore by herself. This somehow impressed Napoleon so much that he wanted to marry her 😭 Of course, this story is probably bollocks but it’s fun to think about!

Pics in order:

Princess Caraboo and Napoleon

Napoleon and Josephine

Napoleon With His Officers in an Encampment

Bernadotte and Napoleon

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Presently the tharban ceased its offensive and began to back away. I watched the weaving, undulating head of the great snake following every move of its antagonist. The lesser snakes swarmed over the body of the tharban; it seemed not to notice them. Then, suddenly, it wheeled and sprang for the entrance to the corridor that led to its lair. This, evidently, was the very thing for which the snake had been waiting. It lay half coiled where it had been fighting; and now like a giant spring suddenly released it shot through the air; and, so quickly that I could scarcely perceive the action, it wrapped a dozen coils about the body of the tharban, raised its gaping jaws above the back of the beast's neck, and struck!

Art for Edgar Rice Burroughs' Lost on Venus by Fortunino Matania.

This particular segment, the Room of the Seven Doors, is one of those amazingly over-the-top pulpy Situations.

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Fortunino Matania (Italian, 1881-1963) Praying time

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Fortunino Matania

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Leila Learns | Pictorial Review: August 1930

Illustration by Fortunino Matania

1930

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Fortunino Matania    Goodbye Old Man    1915

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Cupid and Psyche – Fortunino Matania

oil on canvas

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El rapto de Helena por Teseo (Fortunato Matania, 1929)

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Paulina in the temple.

Oil painting inspired by Paulino Matania's work.

Complete process at Behance

Available by DM or Etsy

More works and t-shirts at : Linktree

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The Viking Duel by Fortunino Matania

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The Goddess Who Saved a City by Fortunino Matania (1933)

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Fortunino Matania