| Artist | Pablo Picasso |
|---|---|
| Location | Rotterdam |
Sylvette is the title of the portrait of a young woman with the ponytail painted by Pablo Picasso. The model for the painting was (Lydia) Sylvette David, also known by her married name Lydia Corbett, a French woman who worked in a pottery studio not far from his studio in Vallauris, in the spring 1953. The attraction, which a face like Sylvette's had for Picasso's sensuality, inspired 40 works by Picasso. Sylvette's portrait from May 2, 1954 is one of the last of a long series. Picasso's grandson Olivier Widmaier Picasso told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2004 that Sylvette was also the subject of the monumental Chicago Picasso, the subject of which had been a subject of curiosity since it was unveiled. She was said to have been an inspiration for actress Brigitte Bardot and the Roger Vadim film And God Created Woman. In 1998 Barron's published "Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytail", by Laurence Anholt - a children's book in which a shy teenager named Sylvette meets Picasso in Vallauris and becomes Picasso's model.