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Angelina Jolie knows how to make use what she has. The sexy and generous beauty keeps creating media frenzy even after she's given birth to Shiloh. This time Jolie has been reported to have posed nude for a set of pregnancy paintings.

She commissioned US artist Don Bachardy to paint three portraits of her to record the different stages of her pregnancy. Rumors on the street say Bachardy flew to Paris and Namibia to paint the 'Tomb Raider' actress before she gave birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel last month.

Nevertheless, the paintings will remain in Angelina's private collection and won't be released for public consumption. "Angelina has asked him not to talk about or show the portraits to anyone. He thinks she's one of the most beautiful, elegant celebrities in the world - ever." So said a source.

In the accompanying feature, it is said that Jolie made an emotional trip to Los Angeles so Shiloh Nouvel could meet her dying grandmother, Jolie's mother Marcheline Bertrand, who has terminal cancer.