painted woman

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The face of Rivera’s painted woman was based on Olympic gold medalist Helen Wills, but the character is inspired by “The Adventures of Esplandián,” a 16th century novel by Castilian author Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024

What poet of energy has ever painted woman more chaste, more gentle and sweet, than Lord Byron?

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir

The picture was old-fashioned, but the painted woman was exquisite, as she had always been, as she would always be in Derry's dreams.

From The Tin Soldier by Bailey, Temple

And I would smile, though that horrible old painted woman boxed my ears.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

And all that must have happened years ago, to judge by the work of the weather on the once gaily painted woman and the depth the timbers had sunk in the sand.

From The Beach of Dreams by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)