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Old 05-17-2006, 08:04 AM   #11
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in fact, my idea was to give a 18th century feeling, but it sounds that it's more 19th century finally. It's OK, Ingres is one of my heros.
Hi Marina

I kept thinking about this yesterday and realised it was a Vigee Le Brun your expression reminded me of most...

http://www.batguano.com/VLBSP1782.jpg

I saw the original recently and was struck with the same sense of her warmth... funnily as I was looking for this reproduction I noticed she found some interesting ways to deal with the problem of joining head to neck! :-)

http://www.batguano.com/mcritt.jpg
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