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Duke and Lume

The Empress

Personae
Year
2025
Collection
Personae
Medium
Digital painting
Orientation
portrait

The Empress is painted like a rediscovered old master — a woman in profile, eyes lowered, crowned in a headdress of amber and blackened metal. Composure rendered as regalia.

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Physical original
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