The Casa della Fornarina is an modest looking building, but does have a pretty window high up on the façade and a granite column embedded in the wall. It is said to have been the home of Margherita La Fornarina, Raphael’s model and lover for many years. She was always thought of as being a fallen woman because of her very public conduct towards the artist. However, she was rejected by the artist on his deathbed and joined a monastery close by.