Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

Amelia was working now as an artist in Rome in 1819.

She's trying to make a living as an artist despite the, um, structural difficulties to do it, and she's copied this image of Beatrice, which is in the Palazzo Barberini, the m- gallery in Rome.

And the image on the c- cover of your book.

That's a version of it, absolutely.

the archive tells us that they did know a little bit about the story, but she showed them this portrait.

It's a beautiful portrait that's in the Palazzo Barberini.

I'd love to say for the story that I saw the portrait and knew I had to write a book about it.

It's not

Ginevra Cantafuoli.

And in fact, the portrait now, although for a long time it was believed to be by a well-known Baroque artist called Guido Reni.

In fact, there's been a re-evaluation and in the gallery, in the Palazzo Barberini, there's a kind of a question mark under the attribution.

But the view is now that it's more than likely a woman artist.