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    « I have known many men, Signore. So many men, but never have I been loved in return - not even by the single person apart from you, my dear, whom I cherished more than life itself. Only you, my very dear, my very tender, my very loved, have, and forever will have, my heart between your hands.

    Oh, yes, perhaps am I not a brave man. Perhaps do I not have a noble soul. Perhaps do I not deserve your love.
    But in spite of that, Signore, I love you. »

     

    Mid-19th century, a painter falls in love with his model, under the bright Neapolitan sun.

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    05 Jul 2026