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Sylvette is the title of the portrait of the young woman with the ponytail painted by Pablo Picasso. The Spanish painter met Sylvette David, also known by her married name Lydia Corbett, and Lydia Sylvette David, a 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, motivated him to paint. Sylvette's portrait from May 2, 1954 is one of the last of a long series. It is believed that she is also the subject of the monumental Chicago Picasso. (Another opinion is that the sculpture was inspired by the Afghan dog breed.) 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.