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Monday, March 16, 2009
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale - The Pale Complexion of True Love,
1899
The title is taken from Shakespeare's AS You Like It, Act III, when Corin speaks of Silvius' unrequired love for Phebe as a "pageant play'd Between the pale complexion of true love And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain."
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Does anyone know where this painting is now?
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