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Madame Gautreau. Painting by Gustave Courtois

Madame Gautreau. Notice the red makeup on her left ear? It was common for society women to redden their lips and cheeks but this was a technique Amelie used to set herself apart from the others. Painting by Gustave Courtois (1891). Musée d’Orsay. PD-70+. Wikimedia Commons.

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