Photoshop of the past: portraits in which artists embellished reality (15 photos)

We often spend a lot of time posing for photographs, hoping to get at least one decent photo. Several centuries ago, when cameras had not yet been invented, artists played the role of modern Photoshop - they embellished reality on their canvases, adjusting facial features. Let's look at these paintings.

Queen Margot





Maria de Medici



Anna Boleyn

Louis XVI



Ekaterina Dashkova



Johann Sebastian Bach



Niccolo Paganini



Elizabeth I



Benedict Spinoza



Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart



Voltaire



Nikolay Gogol



Marquise de Pompadour



Georges Jacques Danton



Charlotte Bronte