A portrait by Man Ray of La Marchesa Luisa Casati Stampa, taken at the Hotel Ritz in Paris and said to be one of the most important surrealist images.
La Marchesa rented Munthe's Villa San Michele between 1912 and 1927, much to his annoyance and wonder it seems.
Sometimes referred to as the only female futurist - even though the futurists were overtly antifeminist - the Duchess was perfectly eccentric, walking pet leopards and monkeys at dinner parties all over Europe, possibly once sporting a tiny snake as a necklace.
I love the idea that her paths may have been crossed by my grandmother's cousin Ulla Bjerne (1890–1969) at the Capri town square around 1920.
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