During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with her. But this relationship arouses the jealousy of a beautiful aristocrat who secretly orders the kidnapping of the girl. Raffaello falls into a state of prostration and does everything he can to find Margherita...
as Margherita (aka "la fornarina")
as Rafaello Sanzio
as Leonora d'Este
as Maria Dovizi da Bibbiena
as Sebastiano Del Piombo
as Agostino Chigi
as Marzio Taddei
as Giulio Romano
as Baviera
as Cardinal Bibbiena
as Pope Giulio II
as Mamma Rosa
as Bramante