The painting is Johann Ender's 'From Darkness, the Light", 1831. The painting predates by 34 years the conception of Statue of Liberty by Frederic Bartholdi. It seems he copied everything from the deep set eyes, to the mouth, nose and even the style of the robe.

Bartholdi even copied the genetic disorder called Morton's Toe. It is when the second toe is longer than the big toe. It occurs in 20% of people.. If that is not enough to convince even the most cynical person then look at the length of the robe and the straps on the sandals. As you can tell, although tiberty's sandals are thincker they appear to be nearly identical otherwise.

I am an art buff (the son of a retired University art professor) and I found the painting 'From Darkness, the Light" on the day before the airing of the episode of the 'The Girls Next Door' when they visited the Statue of Liberty. When I saw the painting I noticed the similarity right away and the light bulb over my head turned on 'Ah ha that is where the sculptor found his model. That was a bit plagiaristic so Bartholdi kept it a secret and now people do a lot of guessing about who the model was.'

Then the next day when I saw the show and I decided that was too much of a coincidence to ignore so I was inspired to make these fun pages.

You thought this was going to be about sex didn't you? Then you are a very naughty girl and should write me a full confession of all your dirty thoughts and ideas immediately and mail it to me right away.

As a counterpoint and contrast to my life as Thomas Jefferson you might want to check out this life when I was a Viking woman and might have become a Playboy playmate if they had existed about 700+ years ago. It's probably the reason I relate to Kendra, Holly and Bridget's ideas.

So who was the model for John Enders painting? He only says in one of his books that she was a Ionian girl.

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