"...as an artist and lover of beauty, I have to say that Madame is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Beautiful, and good. You must allow me to paint her."

Giles Waterfield's short story based on Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Madame Moitessier.

Read by Anna Chancellor.

A collection of short stories in which a famous painting, or a character within the painting, tells their tale.

Producer: Julia Butt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001. Show less