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Edit: thanks to *mindofka for help.
More tablet practice. I'm getting to know the little devil quite intimately. :heart:
This was a random drawing that turned into something... quite different.
So, now I challenge you to...

A little art history treasure hunt.
Wanna play?
Here's the deal:
The face of the woman in the picture is loosely based on a very beautiful portrait of a very pretty lady by a very famous Italian Renaissance painter. (I say loosely because I do not want, in any way, imply that I am anywhere close to him. Caveat.)
To make things easier, I left a bunch of hints in the picture itself.
I want you to find out who she is.

If you tell me her name, you get a character portrait from me. And if you manage to find out what is so weird about the original portrait (there's a very interesting story behind it), I'll throw in a 1-month subscription. It's not much, I know, but I'm unemployed. :)

Good luck!



And the Oscar goes to :spotlight-left: *Rhineheart :spotlight-right:

I was persuaded by his visual memory, his research skills and his determination. Also, he did find almost all the key points I was looking for (he missed only the double portrait, but that was a tough one). Congratulations.

You can read the whole story here: [link]


28/10/06 It is very nice to see that since this tresure hunt started someone worked on the Wikipedia article: [link]
I'm sure that this isn't directly connected, but it is a very nice coincidence. Every meaningful line added, every bit of useful information is a little victory.
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You colored this well, she looks pretty realistic. :]