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Margarita Luti (also Margherita Luti or La Fornarina, "the baker's daughter") was the mistress and model of Raphael. The story of their love has become "the archetypal artist–model relationship of Western tradition ", [ 4 ] yet little is known of her life.
Apr 26, 2023 · Margarita Luti and the myth of the Fornarina To establish the truth of who the Fornarina really was, it is worth briefly stepping away from Ingres to focus on the known biographical evidence of her life.
Sep 3, 2021 · The woman traditionally identified as La Fornarina was Margherita Luti, the "baker's daughter", hence the portrait's name. However some historians maintain that, far from being the daughter of a baker, "La Fornarina" was in fact a courtesan who traded under an unusual "stage name."
Art-history tradition or legend identifies the woman as the fornarina ("baker" or "baker's daughter") Margherita Luti, Raphael's Roman lover who refused to marry him, though this identification has been questioned. [2]
Mar 31, 2020 · Her real name was Margherita Luti, daughter of a baker (“fornaio”) in Trastevere (from whom she took the nickname Fornarina). Rumors described her as one of the most beautiful women in Rome. During her life, she often posed for Raphael, like in the painting Madonna della Seggiola, or Madonna Sistina, or even for her portrait La Fornarina.
"Margarita Luti (also Margherita Luti or La Fornarina, "the baker's daughter") was the mistress and model of Raphael. The story of their love has become "the archetypal artist–model relationship of Western tradition", yet little is known of her life.
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Feb 2, 2005 · For centuries, people have speculated that the sitter was Raphael’s last lover, tentatively identified as Margherita Luti, the daughter of a baker from Siena—hence the nickname, la fornarina,...
