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1912 Léon Bakst, Indo Persane dance costume for Marchesa Luisa Casati.

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Giovanni Boldini, La Marchesa Luisa Casati con penne di pavone (Portrait of the Marquise). 1911-1913

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.

"The Marquise Casati had diamond shoes, dyed her hair green, frequented the greatest artists, took every drug possible, organized spectacular balls, loved a boa constrictor, made headlines and lived at the Ritz... An original Italian of the early twentieth century, Luisa Casati squandered her fortune on villas and munificent castles (such as the Palais Rose at Le Vésinet near Paris), eccentric outfits, and portraits. Becoming the woman most represented by the artists of her time: from Van Dongen to Man Ray via Picasso who designed her a ball gown... Dead ruined, she remains a style icon with her iconic red mane inspiring Sonia Rykiel, the Chanel Cruise 2010 or Dior 1998 collections... The young novelist Camille de Peretti is now following in the footsteps of this eccentric and patron of the arts. Comparing in a funny mise en abime the life of the expensive marquise friend of artists and her own experience as a painter's ex-wife without the money. Through seven of his portraits, Camille de Peretti recounts the encounter between the Casati and the artists of his time. (x)

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Marchesa Luisa Casati, circa 1915

Luisa Casati (1881- 1957), Italian heiress, muse, and patroness of the arts in early 20th-century Europe. Ca. 1915. 

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Contemporary portrait of La Casati (Marchesa Luisa Casati). This time by the talented New York City artist Megan Steer. 

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It's Marchesa Luisa Casati's 8 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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Natalia Goncharova, Marchesa Luisa Casati, 1917.

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Marchesa Luisa Casati (22), On a foxhunt, 1903.

The wedding between Camillo Casati Stampa di Soncino and Luisa Amman took place in June 1900, she was 19. In this way she inherited the noble title of Marchesa. They went to live at the Villa Casati Stampa, an immense house in Cinisello Balsamo (outside Milan), Lombardy, Italy.

In Milan, in 1903, the noblewoman Marchesa Luisa Casati met Gabriele D'Annunzio and the initial friendship soon turned into an affair that made scandal. Their matches were made of excesses, devotion to drug use and occultism. In the Grand Theater of his life, Gabriele, after all, was but one of many actors.

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Marchesa Luisa Casati, with two cheetahs, by Joseph Paget-Fredericks, 1940.

Lady Moorea Black, Private Collection.