This image features two side-by-side portrait paintings of women with blonde hair, offering a stark contrast in artistic style and emotional tone. The left portrait is a highly polished, traditional oil painting of a woman with wavy, golden-blonde hair and striking blue eyes, wearing a pale blue gemstone necklace and ring. Her expression is poised and confident, and the glossy finish of the painting enhances the elegance of her smooth skin and delicate features. In contrast, the right portrait has a more subdued and introspective mood, with a woman resting her head on her hand, partially draped in white fabric. Her features are rendered in a more naturalistic and unidealized manner, with pale greenish skin tones and fine detailing around her eyes and hands, emphasizing a sense of quiet contemplation. The juxtaposition highlights differing approaches to portraiture: glamour versus realism.

Philip Alexius de Laszlo, Portrait of Oonagh Guinness (detail, 1931) + Lucian Freud, Girl in Bed (1952)

Family resemblance? Oonagh Guinness (Laszlo) was the aunt of Caroline Blackwood (Freud).

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