Who is this woman/painting?

Question

Hi I was wondering if anyone recognizes the painting of this woman (black hair and red roses) in 1:41s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

Answer 1

I have been looking intensively for you to find the image that you want - Unfortunately, it is not of Freda Kahlo. She had these very peculiar eyebrows which meet in the center and this face - which does not. She also possessed dark skin.
The series of faces which change one to another, starting with that of a Madonna on a religious icon, are mostly very famous. But I am now beginning to think that this particular image - a girl of pale\coloring, dark hair and flowers in hair, is a composite one, or by a comparatively unknown artist, brought in to form a transition between two other works ( I would like to be proved wrong!) . I checked the most likely artists (French, English or American) late 19th and early 20th c. ones - like Sargent, Reynolds and Gainsborough, all of whom paint portraits of young women similar to these and nothing tallied. I'm sorry. .

Answer 2

I enjoyed watching this sequence.I saw two paintings of women with red flowers in black hair.The one with the two red flowers on top of the head maybe Frieda K.The Mexican artist Selma Hyack portrayed in the movie "FRIEDA" a few years ago.Just guessing.It could possibly be a portrait of Salvador Dali's wife.Not sure,but I thought the sequence was mesmerizing!

Answer 3

Since it's between Pre-Raphaelite and some impressionist painting, I guess it's from mid to late 19th century.

I don't know why, but it looks like it's painted by Bouguereau\

EDIT: I think it might be by Lawrence Alma-Tadema