I do not want to make this any more confusing.. but the picture on Karen's post and ONE of the pictures on my post are the exact same model (and painting.) AND I do not see what Karen seems to describe.
Now... The same model, in a different pose is here as (Venus de Urbino)
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Perhaps is this the picture you are referring to ? here I see the difference in the arms. but NOT in this one, which is the picture Karen showed me:
Venus with a mirror:
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Yes, I had heard the same story that Titian had one, (or more) lovers who posed as models in his paintings.
As for Tazio... Il Montavani Volante (The Flying Mantuan)
No I am not his relatives, I simply ran out of options for names to use as "nicks" after changing mine several times.
So I thought of Tazio Nuvolari... yes, perhaps the greatest driver of all times, except it is hard to make such statement and then attempt to compare the different machines each driver of the different eras used.
But Tazio was among the best...
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"In 1933 he scored many victories but became estranged from the team manager Enzo Ferrari and left for Maserati. 1933 also saw him travel to Northern Ireland for the Tourist Trophy Race and a drive in a supercharged MG K3 Magnette. After totally dominating the race someone asked him if he liked the MG's brakes. Nuvolari replied he couldn't really tell, he hadn't used them that much. In 1935 he was induced to return to Alfa Romeo and scored one of his greatest victories at the Nurburgring. Driving an obsolete Alfa against the might of the German nation. He drove at the ragged edge and sometimes over it. His relentless pursuit caused the lead Mercedes to retire with a blown tire and he cruised to victory in front of a large gathering of Nazi party officials. In 1936 he had a serious accident during practice for the Tripoli GP but escaped from the hospital and took a taxi to the race where he finished seventh in a spare car. After the death of Bernd Rosemeyer in 1938, Auto Union was desperate for a driver who could master their mid-engine racecar. At the insistence of Dr. Ferdinand Porsche they turned to an Italian, Nuvolari who would go on to win the British Grand Prix at Donington."
I did some of that in my time (England and USA), but that is pre-history time.
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