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Angelo Colarossi, Jnr and Snr

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Countries: Italy

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From:johncoulthart:
". . the model for Eros was one Angelo Colarossi whose father was also named Angelo Colarossi and was the model for Leighton’s python wrangler. Colarossi Snr, an Italian immigrant, was a popular artists’ model."

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Angelo Colarossi, Jnr and Snr

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