Detail of Dakota Le Gouter by FormNFunction on Worth1000. Click for full image.

February 23, 2010 marks the 16th birthday of American teen actress Dakota Fanning [wiki]. Fanning’s breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte’s Web. Fanning began transitioning to more adult roles with Hounddog and The Secret Life of Bees. She has won numerous awards and is the youngest person ever to have been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

The portrait shown above was made by digital artist FormNFunction in 2006, and was the winner in a Modern Renaissance contest on Worth1000. The work was based on Bouguereau’s 1895 work Le Goûter (Just a Taste). Below you can compare the original and the remastered painting. Click the first to visit the gallery where you will find many other contemporary versions (including portraits of Hillary Clinton, Gwen Stefani and Heather Graham). Click the second to view the contest entry on Worth1000.