Vanessa Bryant shared a touching pic of her daughter Natalia standing in front of a mural of her father Kobe and younger sister Gianna to her Instagram.
In the sweet photo that she posted to her Instagram page, 17-year-old Natalia looks stunning in a pretty blue and white polka dot dress and gold strappy heels, and is standing with her hand on her hip as she smiles at the camera.
Behind her is the painted grey and blue mural of father Kobe sitting with his daughter and Natalia's sister Gigi as he kisses her on the head as she laughs. There is also a gold halo painted above Gianna's head.
The pair both tragically died in a helicopter crash in January.
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Vanessa captioned the pic with a love heart and wrote the words: "My babies. Natalia. #winterformal #together #family."
The caption identified the fact Natalia and Vanessa were on their way to the teenager's high school formal winter dance in Los Angeles.
They had stopped on the way to take the poignant snap.
The mural is a version of a now very famous photograph of Kobe and Gianna, taken as they sat courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game.
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It was taken in November 2019, barely two months before they both died on January 26 2020.
Fans sent lots of well wishes by commenting on the post, including several celebrities.
Among them was rock singer and actor Lenny Kravitz, who wrote: "LOVE."
Retired basketball player Dwayne Wade posted two love hearts.
Khloe Kardashian also posted three hearts.
While Los Angeles female basketball legend and close friend of Kobe, Lisa Leslie posted: Gorgeous! Your twin."
Vanessa struggled to hold back the tears when she spoke at the Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant service at Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles last month.
It was an emotional moment for the brave star who took to the stand to commemorate her late husband and their late daughter.
The widow spoke affectionately of Kobe as she praised him for being the "most amazing husband" and for loving her unconditionally.
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"I was his first girlfriend, his first love, his confidant and his protector," she said.
"He was the most amazing husband. Kobe loved me more than I could ever express or put into words."
Red roses were laid out perfectly in front of her stand and microphone while she gave her speech to the audience of around 20,000 people.
Vanessa recently hit out at allegations that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shared photos of the helicopter crash site where Kobe and Gianna died.
In a lengthy statement from her lawyers that she posted on Instagram , the 37-year-old took aim at deputies from Lost Hill for allegedly putting the pics into the public domain after the crash that killed nine people on January 26.
Through her lawyer, Gary C Robb, Vanessa said in a statement: "Our client, Vanessa Bryant, is absolutely devastated by allegations that deputies from the Lost Hills Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department publicly disseminated photos from the helicopter crash site."
Vanessa's lawyer went on to claim that she had requested personally that the area was a no-fly zone.
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