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After Alfieri’s death (1803) Louise continued to live in Florence in the company of the French painter François Fabre, to whom she bequeathed all her property. Her house there was frequented by scientists and men of letters, and she enjoyed a reputation for wit.
Alfieri-detail-of-an-oil-painting-by-Francois-Xavier-FabreAlfieri, detail of an oil painting by François-Xavier Fabre; in the Museo Civico, Turin, …[Credits : Courtesy of the Museo Civico, Turin, Italy]
Foscolo-detail-of-an-oil-painting-by-Francois-Xavier-FabreFoscolo, detail of an oil painting by François-Xavier Fabre, 1818; in the Gallery of Modern …[Credits : Alinari/Art Resource, New York]
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