Beauty fades, but stories live on forever. This collection showcases women whose legends have transcended time, yet no authentic depictions of their appearance remain. Let us imagine them as their contemporaries might have seen them: embodying beauty, strength, and charisma. Explore the past through the lens of art, and let these iconic figures come to life through creativity and imagination!

Empress Jingu, Mythological Japanese ruler

Himiko Queen of Yamatai, Japan

Wu Zetian, chinese empress

Rani Lakshmibai, Queen of Jhansi

Nefertari, wife of Ramses II.

Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt

Hurrem Sultan, Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent

Shajar al-Durr, Sultan of Egypt

Makeda, Queen of Sheeba

Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetae
Olympias, Mother of Alexander the Great

Theophano, Byzantine Empress

Isabella d’Este (Renaissance art patron)

Joan of Arc

Lady Xoc, Maya noblewoman

Pocahontas, Powhatan Princess