"Willem"

Original Drawing On Paper Using Graphite, Charcoal and Ink

This drawing is my interpretation of what Willem Mons looked like. Willem Mons was young, ambitious, opportunistic and full of cum. These attributes shot him into the upper echelons of imperial Russia. Eventually, in 1724, he became the secretary of Empress Catherine I of Russia who was Peter the Great’s wife. Willem’s sister, Anna, was Peter the Great’s mistress and Willem was rumored to be Catherine’s lover and was later ordered to be publicly beheaded by Peter the Great. His head was preserved in alcohol and was kept in the Kunstkamera (museum in Saint Petersburg). Peter forced his wife to look at her lover’s head in the jar for hours at a time. After Peter died Catherine kept the head in her possession. A memento of the man she truly loved but could only be with in death.

The second photo is the back of the drawing and are the lyrics from a song by Bad Books called “Pyotr.” The lyrics are from the viewpoint of Willem. 

“And bare breasted making love in the turret
I’ve never loved nobody other than you
And in silence, I can feel that you quiver
Keep quiet or you know what he will do”

“When he found us in the western wing sleeping
You cried at all the things you thought he would do
And I tell you in the heat of the scuffle
Nobody ever takes my eyes off of you”

“She sees me on display inside the museum
Comes every morning and again when she can
Strokes her blistered hand across my glass container
Says its so good to see you back here again”



Size: 27 x 27.25 centimeters

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