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In reply to the discussion: And now it is time for the Friday Afternoon Challenge, folks! Today: Gazes Returned*! [View all]CTyankee
(63,883 posts)30. There is a new book you might find interesting on her.
It is "Bernini's Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini" by Sarah McPhee. The sculpture is in the Bargello in Florence, where I saw it in 2010 and came to the Getty in Los Angeles where I saw it in 2008.
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And now it is time for the Friday Afternoon Challenge, folks! Today: Gazes Returned*! [View all]
CTyankee
Aug 2012
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interesting research, pinboy! I love it. They moved a whole school forward...it is very interesting.
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#17
Of those remaining to be guessed, we have 2 Italian, one Spanish, one British, and
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#18
She is in a detail of a bigger painting...I like her too...it is why I decided to include her...
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#20
You know, she almost looked pink to me both times I saw her. She is carved from
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#41
Alas, no, but you nailed the right era! It is Van Dyck. See the answers I just posted
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#29
Oh, thank you, blaze. I was feeling kinda bad for a while. I just didn't understand...
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#44
uh oh. sorry about that. I don't think I've ever heard that complaint about a Challenge before!
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#46
If you like Costanza, go to YouTube to check the segment on her in "The Power of Art" which
CTyankee
Aug 2012
#53
Had a couple of 'bad' replies removed, but I think this one might have been 'the one':
NYC_SKP
Aug 2012
#42