Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens (1823-1906)-
-A Duchess (The Blue Dress)ca. 1866

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens (11 May 1823 – 24 August 1906) was a Belgian painter, known for his paintings of elegant modern women.Stevens was born in Brussels. He came from a family involved with the visual arts: his older brother Joseph (1816–1892) and his son Léopold (1866–1935) were painters, while another brother Arthur (1825–1899) was an art dealer and critic. His father, who had fought in the Napoleonic wars in the army of William I of the Netherlands, was an art collector who owned several watercolors by Eugène Delacroix, among other artists. His mother's parents ran Café de l'Amitié in Brussels, a meeting place for politicians, writers, and artists. All the Stevens children benefited from the people they met there, and the social skills they acquired in growing up around important people.

I do not care what they think. They can hate me, judge me, talk behind my back... Well, one thing they can never do is get me to change. I am who I am, and the way I act, think, imagine, dream, dress, speak, love, look, and feel will always remain the same. ​​​​ https://t.cn/RJqeWuH

I do not care what they think. They can hate me, judge me, talk behind my back... Well, one thing they can never do is get me to change. I am who I am, and the way I act, think, imagine, dream, dress, speak, love, look, and feel will always remain the same. ​​​​ https://t.cn/z8qksVp