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This is the title of this painting that I found in a book of NZ paintings and is by Els Noordhof, painted in 1976. I really love it! It has a magical and mysterious look.
Thankful for:
Google to teach me how to best photograph a painting.!

[Lou Ann]

Lovely, Maggie. Mysterious like the Mona Lisa!

[Helen Jane]

very expressive and google taught you well

[Diana]

Well done Maggiemae, it is a gorgeous painting and you photographed it so well.

[gloria jones]

Wonderful capture of this lovely painting

[Bep]

It's a beautiful painting. The artist's name intrigued me, sounds typically Dutch. So I googled and found this: https://www.tributes.co.nz/data/8771.pdf

[Pat Knowles]

She’s beautiful....those eyes looking at you....telling a story with her eyes!

[Maggiemae]

@gijsje Well done, Bep - I learnt more too!

[Maggiemae]

I think I could have done better with her face but the expression still remains the same @happypat

[Thom Mitchell]

Beautiful painting; very provocative. Well photographed. It's often difficult to photograph paintings. But this shot is from a book?

[Maggiemae]

@rhoing Yes, it is Thom! There are some lovely paintings in it that have all won awards.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice artwork

[Taffy]

She has such an interesting expression -- wondering what was going through her head?

[Marnie]

We are not amused!

[Maggiemae]

@taffy Yes, there is no smile there but hard to fathom the expression!

[Maggiemae]

@helenhall Still think it could be better with the face. It wasn't an actual painting but a picture in a book which may be different!

[Maggiemae]

@golftragic Sorry, but I am....this was supposed to be a NZ artist but this model looks distinctly dutch - Bep @gijsje found this out too. I'm amused which really means entertained!

[Marnie]

@maggiemae I was referring to the expression and body language and just pinching the saying from the late Queen Victoria MM. I liked the image very much.

[Maggiemae]

@golftragic I knew that -said with a smile! I do realise your quotation applied to the model and that could be right.

[Marnie]

@maggiemae :)