Artists' Models

The real people who modeled for famous works of art.

• Mona Lisa Gioconda
  • Modeled for Leonardo da Vinci''s famous ''''Mona Lisa''''
• Cecilia
  • Posed for Titian
• Elizabeth of York
  • As wife of Henry VII, she was the most-viewed model of all time
• Helena Fourment
  • Posed for her husband, Peter Paul Rubens
• Pilar Teresa Cayetana
  • Posed for many of Francisco Goya''s paintings
• Elizabeth Siddal
  • Model for most of Dante Gabriel Rossetti''s works
• Jeanne-Emilie Bheux du Pusieux
  • Sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi used her to model the form of the Statue of Liberty
• Fernande Olivier
  • The first of Pablo Picasso''s models
• Dora Maar (died 1997)

  Photographer and painter.

  • The model for many of Picasso''s ''''weeping woman'''' portraits
• Rose Will ''Rosie'' Monroe (died 1997)

  American aircraft factory worker.

  • Featured as ''''Rosie the Riveter'''' on WWII posters encouraging women to work in the defense industry