Dear Michele:
As much as I would like to offer you the "grand prize," I'm afraid I must disappoint you. I too thought of Juan de Pareja, but that is not the artist Nelson suggested in his message.
What doesn't quite jibe though with Nelson's choice is this artist's date of birth, 1639. That would have made him 11 years old when the copy was supposably painted. Now I don't know how well you were painting at that age, but I find it rather difficult to believe a child created this, even if it is a copy.
I've already given you one clue. Here is another: The artist in question was a prot
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