Marc Fennell
speaker
2,016 appearances
19 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Marc Fennell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
She's looking in your direction, but not at you.
Fabulous is the word.
It's this loose, flowing gown made of the most beautiful fabric.
It almost looks like an explosion of tissue-like silk.
There are layers and layers of white.
And frankly, the whole thing just screams money.
This is a society person.
But this society woman will see things in her time that will shock and disturb her.
She'll see her world turned upside down and travel to the other side of the earth to keep her family safe, only to be rejected by one of Australia's most important institutions.
I'm Mark Finnell, and this is the riddle of a mysterious artwork, a portrait painted by a man who would go on to be one of the most famous in the world.
He was smuggled out in a time of war and destruction, only to reside in Sydney, Australia, in an apartment full of treasures.
But how it made it to the harbourside city, and where it ended up next, well that, I can assure you, no one saw it coming.
This is Tim Bonahedi.
He's an art historian and a lawyer.
The woman in the painting Tim's describing is elegant and graceful.
Her name is Hermine Gallia.
Around this time, at the sort of turn of the 20th century, Vienna is one of the great metropolises of the world.
So this is the world that our woman in the portrait lives in.
Hermina is incredibly wealthy and is the mistress of a huge household.
I want Hermine's life.
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