Beatrice, 1866. The model (May Prinsep) has her hair loose with a turban at the top of her head. Cameron based the model’s pose, drapery and sad expression on a painting attributed to Guido Reni that was famous at the time. The subject is the 16th-century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci, executed for arranging the murder of her abusive father.

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