A Thing Miraculous
A widowed duchess. A visionary artist. A journey through longing, art, and awakening.
Costanza d’Avalos is a woman shaped by duty—an educated Neapolitan duchess, deftly managing her estates and navigating the treacherous currents of 15th-century Italian politics. Her life is one of control, decorum, and silence—until a single painting shatters everything she thought she knew.
When Costanza encounters a Madonna by Leonardo da Vinci in a chapel in Milan, she is stirred not to prayer, but to a compelling need to understand the genius who created such an enthralling vision.
Determined to meet the artist, she sets out on a daring quest that risks both humiliation and scandal. But Leonardo is elusive, guarded—and uninterested. Only a chance reunion opens a door to dialogue, discovery, and the dangerous thrill of connection.
To follow where the artist leads, Costanza must confront not only the strictures of society, but the unfamiliar depths of her own desire.
The story of an artist’s passion to give the soul expression and the woman who inspired one of the world’s most iconic portraits.
A widowed duchess. A visionary artist. A journey through longing, art, and awakening.
Costanza d’Avalos is a woman shaped by duty—an educated Neapolitan duchess, deftly managing her estates and navigating the treacherous currents of 15th-century Italian politics. Her life is one of control, decorum, and silence—until a single painting shatters everything she thought she knew.
When Costanza encounters a Madonna by Leonardo da Vinci in a chapel in Milan, she is stirred not to prayer, but to a compelling need to understand the genius who created such an enthralling vision.
Determined to meet the artist, she sets out on a daring quest that risks both humiliation and scandal. But Leonardo is elusive, guarded—and uninterested. Only a chance reunion opens a door to dialogue, discovery, and the dangerous thrill of connection.
To follow where the artist leads, Costanza must confront not only the strictures of society, but the unfamiliar depths of her own desire.
The story of an artist’s passion to give the soul expression and the woman who inspired one of the world’s most iconic portraits.
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