In the gardens of a nineteeth century villa on the isolino a tiny island in the heart of lake maggiore in northern italy is where the tale of the eau ditalie au lac eau de toilette begins these elegant gardens surrounded by placid lake waters were to become the scene of a short but passionate love affair between the romantic princess vittoria colonna and the vibrant young painter umberto boccioni whose painting were at the heart of futurism it was an encounter of different cultural and aes