Lina Cavalieri, by Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)
I am using amuse-bouche in its literal translation of mouth amuser. Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944) was a renowned opera singer in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the Twentieth Century.
Cavalieri was also a great beauty and considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her lips and mouth no doubt contributed to this attribution. In a further play on words, Cavalieri became a muse for the designs of Piero Fornasetti:
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