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Jeanne Duval: The Enigmatic Muse of Baudelaire Jeanne Duval remains one of the most captivating and elusive figures in 19th-century French art and literature—a woman shrouded in mystery, a Creole beauty whose stormy romance with Charles Baudelaire ignited a creative fire that would burn brightly for two decades. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, around 1820, her life was a complex tapestry woven from threads of performance, passion, pove…
Scroll through Jeanne Duval's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Jeanne Duval's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.
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