Amedeo Modigliani, Leon Bakst, 1917, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Russian artist Leon Bakst (1866-1924) was especially known for his innovative costume and set design. In 1917, his colleague Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) captured a 51 year old Bakst on canvas.
(You might want to click on Bakst’s own self-portrait done almost a quarter century earlier for comparison.)
Leon Bakst, Self Portrait, 1893, oil on cardboard, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
