Condé Nast was an American publisher and entrepreneur whose eponymous publishing company is the parent company of publications like Vogue.
Curious, I did a little digging and found that his grandfather was a banker named Louis Auguste Benoist, a descendant of "a prominent French family" who emigrated to Canada, then to Missouri. That's all I can find, but I wonder... if his grandfather Louis is descended from a prominent French family, might there be any aristocratic connection, at some point, to the Condé branch? Hence the name being given as a first name, in honor of those roots, perhaps?
David, do you happen to know why their left breast is naked, and the right one is not? Is it something to do with where the heart is? I also wonder how they found the time, and the energy, to manage all those lovers, and remember their names: "Oh, Louise-Marie-Françoise, you look so ravishing tonight!". "Louis-fucking-XV, I'm Victoire-Adelaïde-Helène, you jerk!"
No idea about the naked breast. Perhaps a classical reference? Athena/Diana, maybe? As for names, it's my editorial policy to give all the baptismal names at least once in each post that someone is mentioned. As with middle names today, most of them were probably not used in person. I'm sure they had it covered with nicknames. Louis XV seems to have had nicknames for everyone in his inner circle. He dubbed his eldest daughter Babette, for example. As for what they called him, there's less certainty. The usual form of address, Sire, may or may not have applied in bed...
Condé Nast was an American publisher and entrepreneur whose eponymous publishing company is the parent company of publications like Vogue.
Curious, I did a little digging and found that his grandfather was a banker named Louis Auguste Benoist, a descendant of "a prominent French family" who emigrated to Canada, then to Missouri. That's all I can find, but I wonder... if his grandfather Louis is descended from a prominent French family, might there be any aristocratic connection, at some point, to the Condé branch? Hence the name being given as a first name, in honor of those roots, perhaps?
Anything is possible, I suppose, but it sounds like wishful thinking to me.
Probably!
Dig that Nattier portrait. She has a very...frank...gaze.
"Yes, I stole my sister's lover. What of it?"
David, do you happen to know why their left breast is naked, and the right one is not? Is it something to do with where the heart is? I also wonder how they found the time, and the energy, to manage all those lovers, and remember their names: "Oh, Louise-Marie-Françoise, you look so ravishing tonight!". "Louis-fucking-XV, I'm Victoire-Adelaïde-Helène, you jerk!"
No idea about the naked breast. Perhaps a classical reference? Athena/Diana, maybe? As for names, it's my editorial policy to give all the baptismal names at least once in each post that someone is mentioned. As with middle names today, most of them were probably not used in person. I'm sure they had it covered with nicknames. Louis XV seems to have had nicknames for everyone in his inner circle. He dubbed his eldest daughter Babette, for example. As for what they called him, there's less certainty. The usual form of address, Sire, may or may not have applied in bed...
Louie Louie.