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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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