19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Emilia Filonardi at 20 as Minerva, 1863, after G B Lombardi
The sculptor’s wife at 20, not married yet but enamored of one another. She died at 29 in her 2nd childbirth, leaving a 6year old son. As Minerva, she's bereft at the death of the beloved prefect; all her powers avail nothing in the face of death.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 09.2021 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2021 |
| Photo Location: | Bologna, Italy |
| Copyright: | © J. Carson Barnes |