Submitted by AutoModerator t3_10hqpa5 in history
meloqnn t1_j5apcjz wrote
why are historical figures painted differently in paintings? For example Napoleon, in some paintings he has blue eyes in some brown and in some even green (in the ones where he is in emperor clothes). What was his real eye color and why did painters paint historical figures and people differently?
desolateheaven t1_j5c1l2e wrote
Simple answer - they weren’t painted from life.
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