The Object

Revenge of the Artist


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Mademoiselle Lange is the first celebrity actress in France, as famous for her lovers as her looks. But when the French Revolution roils the country, she is forced to fight for her life, and meets her match in a rising artist who is commissioned to paint her portrait. A picture that will upend both their lives--and the art world--in dramatic fashion.
You can see the scandalous portrait mentioned in this episode, "Portrait of Mlle. Lange as Danae," here in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1727/portrait-of-mlle-lange-as-danae-anne-louis-girodet-de-roussy-trioson
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