Are you a bit of a history buff? If so, you’re going to want to start following an Instagram account called Royalty Now.
It’s run by a graphic designer named Becca Saladin and she said her main reason for starting this project was because she thought that the portraits of her favorite historical figures “always look flat, sick, and, of course, dressed in period hair and costume that we don’t relate with today.”
So Saladin has spruced up these people from the past and made them ready to go for the 21st century. Let’s take a look at her work.
1. Botticelli’s Venus.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jjWz0HmxA/
2. Mary, Queen of Scots.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Zf9nknIFL/
3. Henry VII.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JQzO8lHQV/
4. Emperor Augustus.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bRRqoHer9/
5. Anne Boleyn.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6dzfkgHWSM/
6. Louis XV.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Oi3wbH2UL/
7. Queen Isabella of Castile.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6JV5T6nciA/
8. Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B557rq4nWk5/
9. Prince Albert.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nTouaHCRv/
10. Ingrid Bergman.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B24zXqkF3yL/
11. The Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwuarkxJfy0/
12. Jane Austen.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwnJOZCJ08r/
13. Agrippina the Younger.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5tO_fsF9Lu/
14. Benjamin Franklin.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ae4Skn6MK/
I know that I’m probably not alone in this assessment, but her work is excellent!
What do you think? Who would you like to see Saladin re-imagine for today’s world?
Let us know in the comments!
