A Woman to Know: Marchesa Luisa Casati

I want to be a living work of art. — Marchesa Luisa Casati

(image via Wikimedia Commons)

Marchesa Luisa cut quite the figure. She always drew an audience, even on her nighttime strolls along the river in Venice. As legend has it, she'd set out at sunset, walking two pet leopards on a jeweled leash and wearing only jewels and a fur coat (with nothing unde…