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Erisava Staff Jul 14

Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc by Alphonse Mucha, 1909

Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc

Metropolitan Museum of Art · wikidata.org

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This came out of a job rather than out of nowhere — according to Wikipedia the actress hired him to design costumes and sets for a huge open-air Joan of Arc she was staging, and the panel came along with that work.