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After nearly five decades, Vicki Belo's mom identified as the woman in Amorsolo painting

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Paolo Lim

<div> </div><p>For nearly five decades, the woman behind National Artist Fernando Amorsolo&#x27;s unfinished portrait of a woman has remained a mystery to spectators and historians alike. </p><p>But in a sudden turn of events, Judy Araneta-Roxas of the influential Araneta family identified back in 2016 that the woman in Amorsolo&#x27;s last painting before he passed away in 1972 was the mother of dermatologist to the stars Vicki Belo. </p><p>But after almost two years of non-stop cooperation with the Belo family through filmmaker and Vicki Belo&#x27;s son Quark Henares, the woman was finally identified as indeed Florencia Singson Gonzalez-Belo, the National Museum of Fine Arts confirmed. </p><p>Vicki Belo visited the National Museum of Fine Arts with her family including her husband Dr. Hayden Kho, and daughters Cristalle Henares and Scarlet Snow Kho a few weeks ago to see for themselves the painting that has baffled the Philippine arts and culture for decades. </p><p>Similarly, during their visit, the Belo family found out about Scarlet Snow&#x27;s uncanny resemblance with Juan Luna&#x27;s portrait of his son Andres Luna de San Pedro. </p><p>See post below:</p><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="764" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmedia%2Fset%2F%3Fset%3Da.2163129907044649%26type%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><p>Donated by his widow Maria del Carmen Zaragoza, Fernando Amorsolo&#x27;s unfinished portrait can be viewed by the public for free.</p>

Florencia 'Nena' Singson Gonzalez-Belo was the woman behind Amorsolo's last painting before he died on April 24, 1972.