The magazine MAQ The magazine MAQ ART December 2018 | Page 145

Rafael idolized Margaret for the rest of his life. It was she who became the prototype of the Sistine Madonna. The daughter of a simple baker, or, as she was called by the maestro, "forarnarina", won the notoriety of the courtesan during her life. It was rumored that her dissolute life undermined the health of Raphael and became

the cause of his early departure(the artist died at the age of 37 years old on his birthday).

Despite the fact that the artist left her a decent condition, Margaret did not change her lifestyle and continued to turn the novels with the rich. When Tomaso came out of the monastery to freedom, she even tried to hint to him that her feelings were still alive, but the prisoner only threw a handful of earth at her face in token of contempt.