caption · Issue No. 3, March 1951 · p. 2

Lucrezia del Fede — a painting by the artist Andrea del Sarto.

She was for him the image of love, and she was his one and only model — until he married her... Then the muse of inspiration turned into the demon of the house, and she abandoned him on the day he needed her most.

(See page 21.)

Translation and transcription are machine-made and may contain errors. See it on the page.