Albert Rudomine (1892-1975 )The Unknown Virgin of the Ourcq Canal, 1927. Vintage silver print on Agfa paper. 40.2 x 25.3 cm The legend surrounding this mortuary portrait of a smiling, unknown young woman who probably died in the 1880s fascinated and fueled the literature and art of the early 20th century . Copies of the famous cast adorned the interiors of artists who speculated about the life of the deceased and the causes of her supposed suicide by drowning. Albert Rudomine (1892-1975) The Unknown Virgin of the Ourcq Canal, 1927 . Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper. 40.2 x 25.3 cm