St Margaret of Cortona is a circa 1758 painting by the Italian late-Baroque painter Gaspare Traversi.

[1] The painting depicts is a blunt allegory showing Margaret of Cortona, the 13th-century Franciscan tertiary, as underscored by the knotted belt of rope or cincture of the order.

St Margaret in her writings recalled that she served as a mistress and step-mother to an aristocratic noble.

These events triggered her departure from a sinful life in the world to a eremitic live of devotion.

The veneration of Saint Margaret of Cortona was prominent in her native Tuscany, but did spread through Italy.