Christian Louboutin/ inspired by classic painting for his 2011 Autumn/winter campaign.

Inspired by Marie Guillemine Benoist – Portrait d’une Negresse, 1800

Inspired by Jean-Marc Nattier – Marquise D’Antin, 1738

Inspired by Francisco de Zurbaran’s Santa Dorotea:(Saint Dorothy of Caesarea)

Inspired by François Clouet's 'Portrait of Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France' (1571)

Inspired by James McNeill Whistler's 'Arrangement in Grey and Black, The Artist’s Mother' (1871)

Inspired by Georges de la Tour's 'Magdalene and the Flame' (1640)

photographer:  Peter Lippmann