@LuisCValois Lindoooooosss! Vencemos, mas haverΓ‘ muitos desafios p se enfrentar. NΓ£o se encerra por aqui,
pois a cadela do fascismo estΓ‘ sempre no cio, como disse Bertoldt Brecht.
This is not fabric. It's oil paint.
No photography could do this yet. So Gavriil Yakovlev had to paint every single thread by hand.
Look at it. The lace, the silk bows, the pearls sinking into skin, the tulle veil so thin you can see her shoulders through it. Even the cameo on her bracelet.
This is Ekaterina Nikolaevna Volotskaya. She was 21 when she sat for this in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Gavriil Yakovlev, 1855