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8-OCT-2010 Violet Bear

A nice, surprising find in my attic....

Bearhampton - Bearshire (UK)

Hidden in a corner of my attic I found this old painting, under a heap of various stuff.


It reminded me immediately of a copy I had seen once in an Italian museum.
Of course I know mine is the original, even though the master had painted many version of it.


I found on the back of the painting, stuck into the golden frame, a letter written by Raffaello Sanzio, the painter, directed to one of my ancestors from the Italian branch of Bear family, Orsetta Luti, proving that she was the very first model for this masterpiece.


What a shame it was so dusty in a corner of my attic!
I should go there to clean a little more often...


People say I look very much like my ancestor Orsetta...what do you think?


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Steve Sharp10-Oct-2010 20:14
There is indeed a remarkable likeness between you and Orsetta Violet; its quite uncanny actually!