David,
I had the same experience with a landscape painting from Spain that I did recently. It was painted from a watercolor made on location. To get a solid value range I under-painted in grisaille and filled in the colors afterward. When I saw that painting in a dim light it was even stronger.
That is the case with your charming painting of your lovely daughter. You simply got a perfect range of values.
Nail it on the wall, Allan
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