coutouriere

Updated: May 13, 2025

She was called the Fornarina, just as you may be called the Coutouriere, and he painted her portrait in the characters of saints and of the Virgin. She will be remembered a thousand years, because Raphael so loved and painted her. But he was not a great artist only because he loved the Fornarina. He had something that he loved better, and so have I." "One more beloved than Suzette?" she cried.

George Alfred Townsend - Bohemian Days: Three American Tales