Countess of Castiglione. Pose in front of a mirror

Mayer & Pierson1856/1857

National Museum of Italian Risorgimento
Torino, Italy

Virginia Oldoini Verasis, Countess of Castiglione, a very beautiful and ambitious woman, was entrusted by Cavour to seduce the Emperor, thus gaining support for Piedmontese diplomacy at the Congress of Paris, in 1856.

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Title: Countess of Castiglione. Pose in front of a mirror
Creator: Mayer & Pierson
Date Created: 1856/1857
Room: Sala 20

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