Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice (1751), by Pietro Longhi

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Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 3y (3 replies)

The noblewoman probably didn't pay for the portrait, so the face was blacked out in protest

taiyang@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I like this explanation the most, but I'm going to go with her being an eldrich horror instead.

erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

She's a practicing member of the cult of cthulu.

Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I say it's both, really. 🥹🦑

celeste@kbin.social · 21 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I believe the mask is called a visard and was used to protect against the sun.

iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y

Oh I thought blackface was just that casual back then.

IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The more things change the more they stay the same

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facekini

TheKracken@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

That's just a modified balaclava.

Guest_User@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

Just a touch of blackface

ebits21@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3y

What’s with the blackface? Lol.

ChrisLicht@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y

The call of the void . . .

guyrocket@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

At first glance I thought the guy on the bottom left was talking a selfie...it took me a second to sort it out.

Reverendender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Apparently they had squid game back then

Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

"Look how happy he is!"

Daevan@feddit.it · 1 pts · 3y

That girl Is creepy AF

XTornado@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y

For a second I thought that guy was taking selfie... which makes no sense.