retro-vintage-photography.blogspot.com/ ALBERT RUDOMINE (1892-1975) THE UNKNOWN WOMAN OF THE SEINE (L’INCONNUE DE LA SEINE), 1900 Gelatin silver print 29,7 x 23,7 cm © Albert Rudomine L'Inconnue de la Seine (French for "the unknown woman of the Seine") was an unidentified young woman whose putative death mask became a popular fixture on the walls of artists' homes after 1900. Her visage inspired numerous literary works. In the United States, the mask is also known as "La Belle Italienne".