The Princess Borghese, Bonaparte's Sister, Who Was No Saint, Sat To Canova As A Reclining Venus, And Being Asked If She Did Not Feel A Little Uncomfortable, Replied, "No.

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The Princess Borghese, Bonaparte's sister, who was no saint, sat to Canova
as a reclining Venus, and being asked if she did not feel a little
uncomfortable, replied, "No. There was a fire in the room."
-- William Hazlitt, Conversations of James Northcote Esq.R.A.

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