Fatima, Bluebeard’s wife
Edward Clifford captures Fatima, the ill-fated wife of Bluebeard, looking far more solemn than a newlywed should. Clad in a sweeping rust-colored gown that pools dramatically around her feet, she clutches a long, slender key—the very object that sealed her doom in the famous fairy tale. Her husband forbade her from opening one specific door, but curiosity won out, revealing a chamber of horrors and a key stained with blood that could never be washed clean. Rooted in the Symbolist movement, the dark, moody background and her halo-like red hat give her an almost saintly, martyr-like appearance, fitting for a character who narrowly escaped the axe.