First published in The National Geographic magazine in December 1909, accompanying an article on Mou

First published in The National Geographic magazine in December 1909, accompanying an article on Mount Etna, this portrait by Wilhelm von Gloeden is surely one of his most striking models, a true masculine beauty. Such dazzling light-coloured eyes, the intensity of his direct stare quite hypnotic! I wonder, were they grey, or green, or blue?