Paris Apartment Left Untouched For 70 Years Reveals Socialites Dramatic Past

The Wife

People began to dig more into France’s most shocking love tryst. One person ended up finding a book penned by Emilia Cardona, Boldini’s wife. It was a biography of her life, published in 1951. Apparently, she knew of the painting and knew of her husband’s affair with the young socialite. Painted in 1888, Marthe was just 24-years-old when she and Boldini began to see each other. How did a seamstress and mother of two live this type of scandal?

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