The Artist's Heart

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The Artist's Heart: Florence, April 1475

The first time Alessandra Pazzi saw true art, she understood that her life had been a beautiful lie.

She stood in the shadows of Andrea del Verrocchio's workshop, disguised as a servant to commission a painting her father would never approve of, when a stranger's voice made her forget every lesson in propriety she had ever learned.

"The way you've captured the light on her hands—it's as if she's actually glowing from within."