The Life and Legacy of Guillaume Courtois In the vibrant, sun-drenched landscape of the seventeenth-century Baroque era, few figures embody the cosmopolitan spirit of the age as elegantly as Guillaume Courtois. Known to many in Italy by his Italianized name, Guglielmo Cortese, or more evocatively as Il Borgognone, this French-Italian master navigated the complex artistic currents of Rome with profound skill. Born in 1628 in Saint-Hipp…