{"product_id":"linconnue-de-la-seine-face-cast-life-mask-lifesize-death-mask-life-cast-plaster","title":"L'Inconnue de la Seine Face Cast Life Mask (Lifesize) Death mask life cast Plaster","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ds_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eL'Inconnue de la Seine Face cast (lifesize). Life Mask Cast Death mask cast\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rApa3d\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"lab\/fact\/Born\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qYLBg ULo2fc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mIkrUd\"\u003eBorn\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TLIZ\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1865 (approximately)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rApa3d\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"lab\/fact\/Died\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qYLBg ULo2fc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mIkrUd\"\u003eDied\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TLIZ\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1885 (age 20 years)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rApa3d\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"PZPZlf\" data-attrid=\"lab\/fact\/Cause of death\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qYLBg ULo2fc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"mIkrUd\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qYLBg ULo2fc\"\u003ePlease specify solid plaster or hollow resin. There may be a alight upcharge for resin castings.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qYLBg ULo2fc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qYLBg ULo2fc\"\u003eWhen supplies are limited, we may substitute a resin cast at our discretion (at mo additional charge). If you prefer not to have a material substitution, please let us know at the time you place your order. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eL'Inconnue de la Seine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (English: The Unknown Woman of the Seine) was an unidentified young woman whose putative death mask \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecame a popular fixture on the walls of artists' homes after 1900. Her visage inspired numerous literary works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In the United States, the mask is also known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLa Belle Italienne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to an often-repeated story, the body of the young woman was pulled out of the\u003cspan\u003e River Seine \u003c\/span\u003eat the\u003cspan\u003e Quai du Louvre in Paris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earound the late 1880s\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSince the body showed no signs of violence,\u003cspan\u003e suicide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas suspected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pathologist at the Paris Morgue was, according to the story, so taken by her beauty that he felt compelled to make a wax plaster cast\u003cspan\u003e death mask\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof her face. It has been questioned whether the expression of the face could belong to a drowned person.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAccording to other accounts, the mask was taken from the daughter of a mask manufacturer in Germany.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe identity of the girl was never discovered. Claire Forestier estimated the age of the model at no more than 16, given the firmness of the skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the following years, numerous copies were produced. The copies quickly became a fashionable morbid fixture in Parisian Bohemian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esociety.\u003cspan\u003e Albert Camus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand others compared her enigmatic smile to that of the\u003cspan\u003e Mona Lisa,\u003c\/span\u003e inviting numerous speculations as to what clues the eerily happy expression in her face could offer about her life, her death, and her place in\u003cspan\u003e society\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe popularity of the figure is also of interest to the history of artistic media, relating to its widespread reproduction. The original cast had been photographed, and new casts were created from the film negatives. These new casts displayed details that are usually lost in bodies taken from the water, but the apparent preservation of these details in the visage \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the cast seemed to only reinforce its authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritic Al Alvarez wrote in his book on suicide,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Savage God\u003c\/i\u003e: \"I am told that a whole generation of German girls modeled their looks on her.\" According to Hans Hesse of the\u003cspan\u003e University of Sussex\u003c\/span\u003e, Alvarez reports, \"the Inconnue became the erotic ideal of the period,  as Bardot was for the 1950s. He thinks that German actresses such as Elisabeth Bergnermodeled themselves on her. She was finally displaced as a paradigm by\u003cspan\u003e Greta Garbo\u003c\/span\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe cast comes in white.  Please let us know if you prefer another color.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeasures approximately 12 inches in height (30 cm)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eProduction and delivery time is approximately 14 days for proper curing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTaylorMadeFossils.com \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEmail fossils@yahoo.com \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOr call 314-556-0650 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--LifeCast LifeMask Death mask life cast\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DeathCasts.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54143693586795,"sku":"rbt1792495970139","price":102.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5325\/7579\/files\/linconnue-de-la-seine-face-cast-life-mask-lifesize-death-mask-life-cast-plaster_1.jpg?v=1792495975","url":"https:\/\/lancegrandmall.shop\/products\/linconnue-de-la-seine-face-cast-life-mask-lifesize-death-mask-life-cast-plaster","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}