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Why: In The Time-Traveler's Wife (which I am listening to on Audiobook this week):
I hand her the postcard from the Uffizi. "Can you do this?" I have always loved the little Medici princess whose hair is not unlike mine; hers has many tiny braids and pearls all swooped together in a beautiful fall of amber hair. The anonymous artist must have loved her.Answer: Hmm. Since art owned by the Medici family forms the core of the Uffizi, there are a buttload of portraits of young ladies in it. How about this one?
Source: Google Images
The More You Know: Turns out the author Audrey Niffenegger didn't have a specific painting in mind anyway. In an online discussion, she admitted:
Alas, that painting is completely fictional. But it would be fun to find an appropriate one and retrofit it into the world of the book.Jerk.
Here is Claire's wedding hair in the movie, anyway:
