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This drawing was one the painting "Portrait of a Hairy Girl" by the female Italian Renaissance artist Lavinia Fontana. From what I know of the painting the girl was name Antonietta Gonsalvus who was born into nobility by the marriage of beautiful woman Catherine and Petrus Gonsalvus, who was part of the French court and was treated like an educate 'beast' than fellow man. Her and some other siblings got her father condition of hypertrichosis disease. When they were of age they passed on to other courts like interesting pets for royalty to gawk at. I chose to change a few things of the portrait and have the Antonietta love herself as herself, her humanity.