Ibali elinomdla likaPlautilla Bricci, umyili wokuqala wabasetyhini wanamhlanje, ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX eRoma.
Ngenye imini ngowe-1624, omnye ubawo uthatha intombi yakhe ayise kunxweme lwaseSanta Severa ukuze ibone iintsalela zesidalwa esinencasa, umnenga obharhileyo. Uyise, uGiovanni Briccio, obizwa ngokuba yiBriccio, ubuncwane edesikeni yakhe izinyo kulo mnenga, apho intombi yakhe, uPlautilla, iya kugcina ubomi bakhe bonke, kunye nenkumbulo engenakucimeka yesilwanyana awasibona njengomntwana elunxwemeni.
SikwiRoma yobukhazikhazi bebharoque, iRoma yoopopu, iRoma yaseBernini kunye nePietro da Cortona, iRoma yamayelenqe, inzondelelo yempambano, ugonyamelo, ubuyokoyoko, uburheletya kunye nesibetho. UGiovanni ngumzobi, umbhali wemidlalo kunye nemvumi. UPlautilla yintombi yakhe yesibini, engenanceba kunomntwana wokuqala, kodwa emiselwe ukuba ngumfazi obalulekileyo. Uyise uya kumfundisa ubugcisa bokuzoba kwaye ekugqibeleni uya kuba ngumyili wezakhiwo, umyili wokuqala obhinqileyo kwimbali yanamhlanje.
Ngoku, ekukhuleni kwakhe, uPlautilla uvusa ubomi bakhe: intlanganiso eqinisekileyo kunye no-Abbot Elpidio Benedetti, umxhasi kunye nomthandi, oya kuba ngunobhala kaMazarin; Ukwakhiwa kwe-Il Vascello, i-villa ebukekayo ekwimo yesikhephe esinyuka kwenye yeenduli zaseRoma kwaye ububhali bayo obungayi kuvunywa ekuqaleni ...
UMelania G. Mazzucco ubuyela kwisitayile kuhlobo lwembali kunye nokuzonwabisa komzobo wokwenene ovela kwihlabathi lobugcisa, into asele eyenzile kwibhongo lakhe kwaye waphakamisa iThe Long Wait for the Angel, malunga neTintoretto. Apha ngobuchule nangobunewunewu lakha kwakhona ixesha lobungangamsha nogonyamelo, kwaye ubalisa ibali elichulumancisayo lomfazi ngaphambi kwexesha lakhe, uvulindlela owaqhekeza imiqobo waza wavula iindlela.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi “The Architect”, nguMelania G. Mazzucco, apha:
