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Discussions about the Imperial Family and European Royalty => Italian Royal Families => Topic started by: veu on October 24, 2005, 03:05:41 PM
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We are fans of the wonderful Virginia Verasis Oldoini, the popular countess of Castiglione!
Virginia Oldoni, countess of Castiglione, called Nicchia by the friends, spent in few but intense years all the sense of her existence. From 1855 to 1858 she was the triumphant at the Tuileries, the queen of beauty and elegance, the lady ( for little time) of the heart and senses of the fickle emperor Napoleon III.
They were the years when she fools herself to have a special role, contributing, with her beauty and her mind, to the creation of that Italy for which Vittorio Emanuele and Cavour tried to have the help of France. The high finance, the politic, the Court, all the great personages of the time had relationships with this queen of the hearts who, as D’annunzio wrote, “… took her beauty as an immortality”.
She was a great woman, she was the most popular italian woman in 1800 and she was the beautiful woman of all time!!!!
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b375/auersperg22/Castiglione2.jpg)
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Nice portrait...However I once saw an etire book dedicated to the countress and the photos she took.
She looks like the ultimate Femme Fatale to me.
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(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b172/amedeo_9/CASTELLA/903d0fa8.jpg)
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The castle of Costigliole, the castle of the family of Francesco Verasis Count of Castiglione and Costigliole (the husband of Virginia Oldoini).
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(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b172/amedeo_9/CASTELLA/b2031530.jpg)
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The wonderful neogothic façade.
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(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b172/amedeo_9/CASTELLA/ef7fee84.jpg)
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The green drawing room of the Countess of Castiglione.
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(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b172/amedeo_9/CASTELLA/08cd3a4e.jpg)
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The simplr bedroom of the Countess of Castiglione.
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She said:"When God was created me, he was for a moment absent minded and so the result". She commandeed a painter to portray her absolutely nude on a black satin toile. She loved too to have her feet portrayed. I have this feet pics. These are, however, more like greek classic statues, or like strong feet of Gauguin tahitians than like actual canons. Her nose was
...unique, absolutely perfect, long, but so straight that seems no natural.
When she went to the Tuileries balls she caused sensation. Once she commanded to sew a red heart on her costume (it was a bal masqué) just in a delicate part of the anatomy. One lady said to her : "madame, you have put your heart too low"
" To those ladies who criticise me, i say that, by birth
and name, I equal them, so by intelligence and culture.
And I depass all them by beauty"
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She was nicknamed "La Divine Comtesse" or simply "La Divine"!
She was also nicknamed "The Queen of Hearts"
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Veu. Don't you have a pic of her in profile, entire body?
this is a Nadar photo. It is with difference, the more spectacular pic i have ever seen. She wears "la mode spectrale".In the sixties of the XIXe c. the admiration of romantic look produced this passenger look: to appear like a ghost. she doesn't look human there, and VOGUE
didn't exist however!!Ove this, she shows an incredible
white highlight in her hair, i don't know if powdered or decolorated, for she ued not perruques. Her hair was also impressive, as Sissi's hair was.
This book of photographs. How I would like to buy. Can you post here the name, the author etc.? I don't find it. :'(
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There are 2 pictures of her in Geoffrey Munn's great book Tiaras. Apparently after a really bad spat with her husband she went to a ball dressed as Vengeance I think it was. It was quite the costume.
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Found it:
Vengeance
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/queenena/francoiberian/3.jpg)
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Is this the book? I actually found it on walmart's site for about $15.
La Divine Comtesse: Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione
Symbol of the Second Empire, that dazzling and artificial epoch, the mysterious Countess de Castiglione dedicated her life to a cult of personal beauty and made sensational appearances at various stages of her life, great moments that she recreated for the camera. These photographs contributed to her legend during her lifetime and were prized by collectors after her death. This book presents an extraordinary collection of the most remarkable of these photographs.
The portraits, which number around 400 and are now scattered in public and private collections around the world, are here itemized and analyzed for the first time. The authors take great care to place them in their social and cultural context.
Author: Apraxine, Pierre
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Publish Date: 2000
ISBN: 0300085095
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 192
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b375/auersperg22/CountesCastiglione.jpg)
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Other picture:
(http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/4410/contcastpd2.jpg)
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Here are some more...
(http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/3997/2018885060094285158S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2018885060094285158dafEgl)
(http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/5912/2819571240094285158S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2819571240094285158NsTFQK)
(http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/5874/2771394100094285158S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2771394100094285158PBRhbG)
(http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/4738/2311251800094285158S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2311251800094285158NpMUOZ)
and
(http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/6046/2010674850094285158S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2010674850094285158kRoNbX)
:)
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Very very beautiful!
Others:
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3859/virgvergp9.jpg)
(http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/307/virgyp3.jpg)
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(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1276/divhi2.png)
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/623/queenheartspy1.jpg)
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3893/racor3.jpg)
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(http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2921/gazeks7.jpg)
(http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2813/frightov2.jpg)
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(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8895/gameofmadnessus7.jpg)
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3919/nicchiaeo0.jpg)
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Others beautiful photos of Virginia:
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2rwnjw2.jpg)
(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5x72kPtF1qzamwro1_500.jpg)
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu5x72kPtF1qzamwro2_500.jpg)
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"one sunday afternoon" 1861-1867:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgI5ykPrX_I/AAAAAAAACu0/dJ-6fCsi6RI/s400/scan0029.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgI5yTf_BII/AAAAAAAACus/86IxijPBaa8/s400/castig6.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgDYgFCQ39I/AAAAAAAACrs/AloqoHLahrQ/s400/castig5.jpg)
Scherzo di Follia 1863-1866:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgILDao5OWI/AAAAAAAACuc/Wn9HJwXPVjI/s400/castig1.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgDYfo3aWYI/AAAAAAAACrk/0eSl9w2EP8k/s400/castig.jpg)
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Countess in an ermine cloak 1861-1867:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgIJesrr5zI/AAAAAAAACuE/4z-AliI7s2o/s400/scan0030.jpg)
The Countess, mirror and her son Giorgio Verasis 1863-1867:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgEHg-8vzJI/AAAAAAAACtE/QFT8EDUIPQo/s400/Castiglione4.jpg)
Virginia as Anne Boleyn:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgEFQYKae5I/AAAAAAAACr8/5_koJUKCx5M/s400/scan0024.jpg)
Virginia as Chinese woman 1861-1867:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgEHoSBYHTI/AAAAAAAACtM/_g8Lk74phTg/s400/sprawled.gif)
From the series the rose peignoir 1861-1867:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgEFcUJ5boI/AAAAAAAACsc/WPdJF52BwoE/s400/scan.jpg)
Assasination 1861-1867:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgEFQ5qIScI/AAAAAAAACsM/XZqgDWU9S00/s400/scan0027.jpg)
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The White Nun or Lady Macbeth Sleepwalking 1856-1857:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgIJe5fR4OI/AAAAAAAACuM/DBOoJxroXv8/s400/scan0032.jpg)
Virginia as Rachel september 1 1893:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgEHgtUpK5I/AAAAAAAACs8/l5jKDgwEJaA/s400/2497922878_42e03fa3fc.jpg)
The opera ball 1861-1867:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwRCoG9Isd8/SgIzTx1D02I/AAAAAAAACuk/iCzOEhcQUBQ/s400/scan0034.jpg)
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Others beautiful photos:
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5105/thequeenonheartspierrel.jpg)
(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5536/countessdicastiglione10.jpg)
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7228/ohkj.jpg)
(http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/949/countessdicastiglione12.jpg)
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/38/countessdicastiglione9.jpg)
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Virginia as The Hermit of Passy:
(http://danielrothbart.com/Graphics/jungle2.jpg)
Le pardessus dècoré:
(http://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Le-pardessus-dècoré-feat.-Countess-de-Castiglione-1860s-Pierre-Louis-Pierson--402x500.jpg)
Reine d’Etrurie:
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6got3N9gx1qzdzano1_500.jpg)
Others:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-wlW5BxRhqg/THn6tqYjx8I/AAAAAAAABVY/9LgdLk56vts/s1600/The+Comtesse+de+Castiglione2.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-wlW5BxRhqg/THn4uRb6WsI/AAAAAAAABVI/ACP6YWvsCTQ/s640/La+Comtesse+de+Castiglione+photographi%C3%A9e+par+Pierre-Louis+Pierson+1867.jpg)
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3f50w4lBK1qa7jxxo1_500.jpg)
(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwq2xqT1Uq1qzdzano1_500.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1sDBTef5t0/TX1Ie-OC0yI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/IMLfHK6SruA/s320/Castiglione%2B%2528Pierson%2529.JPG)
(http://boudoirqueen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5518490a088340148c70d3039970c-800wi)
(http://boudoirqueen.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5518490a088340147e103cc02970b-800wi)
Countess de Castiglione as Elvira at the Cheval Glass:
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ligicnYZQ01qzdzano1_500.jpg)
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Others photos:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ebwWQ9grQ94/TXFLFXGPNoI/AAAAAAAAB6M/deYJMwwo5yE/s1600/La_Comtesse_de_Castiglione.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wBopbASJXpc/TXFLb7o6UfI/AAAAAAAAB6o/RapilzHzT2c/s1600/The_Comtesse_de_Castiglione2.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yebB2UJ2wpE/TXFLgaK-Y5I/AAAAAAAAB6w/kRO16rjSAto/s1600/xc.bmp)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aJv6dpiojxs/TXFLWSL9iTI/AAAAAAAAB6g/wKfgRg7_wLY/s1600/picturewe.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OypnzYjm3V0/TXFLXSZjqiI/AAAAAAAAB6k/5mbWHBHAwRs/s1600/picture.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kNc1bz_x5OM/TXFLd9tVnRI/AAAAAAAAB6s/RRcOX7mX2rA/s1600/tumblr_kv80joHWPy1qa4s0qo1_500.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GG618Sz3aIY/TV5vERofwiI/AAAAAAAABtk/wFnfYAzxWCE/s320/count.bmp)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bTcOTv801BY/TV5tWarbvdI/AAAAAAAABtI/np61xM2xA10/s1600/24942%25281%2529.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K3C3h4YuO9E/TV5vFUplVwI/AAAAAAAABto/9-bQp0S_Z3A/s320/Contessa_di_Castiglione.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-REqmTQZgBQU/TV7SvjXmUcI/AAAAAAAABus/-3xS_QToNt0/s1600/lacontessa2.jpg)
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Roses (Comtesse de Castiglione) by Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1860s:
(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhral8OMul1qa7jxxo1_500.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xCykdpQhXe8/TJiEKhan6PI/AAAAAAAAODc/wqJRVAqggY8/s400/Pierre-Louis+Pierson+roses.jpg)
Book "La Comtesse de Castiglione" (authors: Marta Weiss, Andre Maurois, Marianne Nahon):
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519%2BXyqdyqL._SS500_.jpg)
1857 Countess Castiglione as an eighteenth century Marquise by Pierre Louis Pierson:
(http://www.gogmsite.net/_Media/la_comtesse_de_castiglione_.jpg)
La comtesse de Castiglione peignant la marquise Oldani - Mayer Léopold Ernest (1817-vers 1865):
(http://www.images-chapitre.com/ima3/original/834/5816834_2452827.jpg)
La comtesse de Castiglione: le noeud jaune:
(http://www.images-chapitre.com/ima2/original/611/5666611_2452860.jpg)
Old Virginia:
(http://www.march.es/arte/palma/exposiciones/Rostros/img/PIERSON.jpg)
(http://actuphoto.com/imagew.php?image=files/news_12484_0.jpg)
(http://img.over-blog.com/214x300/2/43/53/79/La-Castiglione/5666364.jpg)
Book "La vie galante de Virginia de Castiglione La Divina":
(http://lenaweb.voila.net/Brantonne/Castiglione.jpg)
Virginia:
(http://img.over-blog.com/300x254/2/43/53/79/La-Castiglione/5625769.jpg)
(http://img.over-blog.com/240x298/2/43/53/79/La-Castiglione/vente_6687_2.jpg)
La comtesse de Castiglione assise aux gants - Mayer Léopold Ernest (1817-vers 1865):
(http://www.images-chapitre.com/ima3/original/824/5622824_2452863.jpg)
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Countess di Castiglione as Reine d’Etrurie - Pierre-Louis Pierson - c. 1860s:
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6got3N9gx1qzdzano1_500.jpg)
(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7mhwiVXog1qzdzano1_500.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHmYNkCu7FU/TcBhZWs1G_I/AAAAAAAABGQ/THAYZa-zNC8/s1600/La+comtesse+de+Castiglione+en+reine+d%2527Etrurie+leopold-ernest+mayer+-+www.chapitre.com.png)
Countess of Castiglione, c.1870 by Pierre-Louis Pierson:
(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lidoedQvSs1qzdzano1_500.jpg)
La cape by Pierre-Louis Pierson,1860s (La Colombe et Le Tigre… photographies de la Comtesse de Castiglione):
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldgnuzmctJ1qzdzano1_500.jpg)
La Comtesse de Castiglione:
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwt2h34nkk1qztk1wo1_500.jpg)
Old Virginia:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-su9lmaQoZT4/TcBgpaS-3aI/AAAAAAAABGE/bDGXnz1PEb0/s1600/la+Comtesse+de+Castiglione+allong%25C3%25A9e+sur+un+canap%25C3%25A9+leopold+ernest+mayer+-+www.chapitre.com.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gGYfdCYSvdw/TcBhOykMfnI/AAAAAAAABGM/2MYK8KI7RWM/s1600/leopold-ernest+mayer+la+castiglione+-+www%253Bchapitre.com.png)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FUhA79jjNSE/TcBhqB70clI/AAAAAAAABGU/ddGzf9aWq14/s1600/www.chapitre.com+par+leopold-ernerst+mayer.jpg)
La comtesse de Castiglione peignant sa mère par Leopold Ernest Mayer:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qw1ZXpgux4E/TcBhFE_9GeI/AAAAAAAABGI/c1qX0gOMqJM/s1600/la+castiglione+peignant+sa+m%25C3%25A8re+leopold+ernest+mayer+-+www%253Bchapitre.com.png)
Young Virginia:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MTthy7XXcr0/TcBgIXglQxI/AAAAAAAABF8/xW--xRLUit4/s1600/par+Pierson+-+emilydahl.blogspot.com.jpg)
(http://www.sfp.asso.fr/vitevu/images/castiglione%20detail.jpg)
(http://www.luckypalm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/woman_bluedress.jpg)
(http://img.over-blog.com/400x600/2/24/40/32/13-Janvier-2010/countess-castiglione-6.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlrc0FvRP1qircwfo1_500.jpg)
Bal costumé au palais des Tuileries - (l'empereur Napoléon III et la comtesse de Castiglione) - Carpeaux Jean-Baptiste:
(http://www.images-chapitre.com/ima2/original/585/5670585_2380909.jpg)
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(http://www.stella-polaris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comtessedecastiglione03.jpg)
(http://www.stella-polaris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comtessedecastiglione04.jpg)
(http://www.stella-polaris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comtessedecastiglione14.jpg)
(http://www.stella-polaris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comtessedecastiglione12.jpg)
(http://www.stella-polaris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comtessedecastiglione05.jpg)
(http://www.stella-polaris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comtessedecastiglione08.jpg)
Portrait de la comtesse de Castiglione:
(http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/archim/0014/dafanch78_o400ap217p038v01_2.jpg)
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Countess de Castiglione with son George. Her son dressed as her. c1859 (Pierre-Louis Pierson):
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f319/bozola/bozolochka/36-5.jpg)
Les Chiens (Countess de Castiglione) by Pierre-Louis Pierson:
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7mbl6y2Lx1qa7jxxo1_500.jpg)
Virginia Verasis de comtesse Castiglione - Bonnet de police en 1894:
(http://i29.tinypic.com/svpfcz.jpg)
Virginia four years before her death (Ermine Cloak, 1895):
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5634097151_fb7ce96b1a_z.jpg)
Partially painted photograph of the Comtesse and her son Giorgio, 1862-67:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5664450373_edfd52e0bb_z.jpg)
From "La Divine Comtesse", Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione:
Possessive and neglectful by turns, the Countess identified obsessively with her son, and commissioned a large number of photographs of him. No child of the period was ever photographed so frequently or so well as Giorgio.
Some of the strangest photographs dreamed up by the Countess are those in which she presents her six- or seven-year old son as a miniature version of herself. With his bare shoulders emerging from the drapes so prized by Nadar, his long hair wound into a low chignon and adorned with flowers, Giorgio's coquettish poses offer a faithful reflection of his mother.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5664198605_47083e3311.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5664191671_26232dce05.jpg)
La Dogaresse [Countess de Castiglion] by Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1861-67:
(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbfjp1t13H1qa7jxxo1_500.jpg)
La Frayeur [Countess de Castiglione in White 18th-century Dress with Grape Garland Flees Fire] by Pierre-Louis Pierson (1861-67):
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmgbyvLm291qfvknso1_500.jpg)
Le pardessus dècoré (feat. Countess de Castiglione), 1860s, Pierre-Louis Pierson:
(http://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Le-pardessus-dècoré-feat.-Countess-de-Castiglione-1860s-Pierre-Louis-Pierson-.jpg)
L’Ecstase by Pierre-Louis Pierson, 1860s:
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9bzmdIMEY1qa7jxxo1_500.jpg)
La taille by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, 1860s:
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9bzdrX1XH1qa7jxxo1_500.jpg)
A beautiful portrait of Virginia:
(http://www.stella-polaris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comtessedecastiglione02.jpg)
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Some of the strangest photographs dreamed up by the Countess are those in which she presents her six- or seven-year old son as a miniature version of herself. With his bare shoulders emerging from the drapes so prized by Nadar, his long hair wound into a low chignon and adorned with flowers, Giorgio's coquettish poses offer a faithful reflection of his mother.
After that sort of treatment, I am surprised Giorgio didn't end up an axe murderer or something of that sort, but in fact I gather he died at an early age (allegedly of smallpox - but wouldn't he have been innoculated?).
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What a wonderful collection of photographs, thanks to have them share. Wonderful book too. Virginia was an eccentric woman and was able to exploit her image with modern attitude.
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Aloha from Kaua'i!
I've been fascinated with the "legendary" Countess di Castiglione for a couple of years now. On my first visit to Paris I saw the famous
photograph of her looking thru the cut-out piece - it was startling to me for being so modern in composition, but was from the 1860's.
I find it difficult to find out much more than basics of her life - I visited Librarie Galignani last year in Paris and found a book entitled
"La Castiglione, Vies et metamorphoses" by Nicole G. Albert. Unfortunately there is no English version, and I've been laboriously trying to
translate the French into English with limited success. I have a little French, but not enough to read a book like this I'm afraid.
Her photos are amazing and show a woman who truly seems to be infatuated with her image - and the tableau that she created with Pierre-Louis Pierson are unbelievably beautiful and alive. The person behind the photos remains elusive however, and I can't tell if she was truly a narcissist or a woman who knew how to manage her beauty - and men - to her advantage - or both!
I know that the legend of when her beauty faded, she retreated behind the drapes of her apartment at the Place Vendome - and only ventured out at night so that no one could see the ravages of time on her beauty. However you see photos of her in her "older" years, and that would seem to bely that story.
Some say she gradually became mad and delusional - I have no clue - but I would like to learn more about her life.
Does anyone know a book in English about her life? The Metropolitan Museum of Art book devoted to her photos is unbelievably expensive, and most photos have been reproduced elsewhere.....
I plan on visiting her grave this September at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris - she has been gone such a long time, but her image and life continue to fascinate!!
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There are only two books in english:
La Divine Comtesse: Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Pierre Apraxine
Art After Death: Conversations With the Countess of Castiglione by Chris Kubick and Ann Walsh
The other books are only in italian or in french.
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(http://www.gogmsite.net/_Media/castiglionepic2.png)
Louis Pierson: Virginia as La Finlandaise - The Finnish Woman, 1861-1867, Countess de Castiglione Standing, in Red and White Dress, Hands at Her Sides:
(http://www.luminous-lint.com/imagevault/html_40001_40500/40334_std.jpg)
Louis Pierson: Variations on the "Elvira" and "Ritrosetta" Dresses ,1861-1867. Four portraits of Countess de Castiglione mounted together: Reclining in White Ritrosetta Dress; Seated in Blue and White Elvira Dress; Standing before Mirror in White Elvira Dress, Back to Camera; Standing, Facing Right, in Lilac and Pink Ritrosetta Dress:
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Louis Pierson: Variations on the "Elvira" Dress, 1861-1867. Four portraits of Countess de Castiglione mounted together: Standing, Facing Right in Black Elvira Dress; Standing, Facing Right, Head on Hand in White Elvira Dress; Standing in Red and White Elvira Dress; Sitting with Fan in Violet and White Elvira Dress:
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Young Virginia:
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La Comtesse in Chinese Robe:
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Virginia with dog, title Les Chiens:
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Virginia:
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Virginia:
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Here I found a link with a photos about an exhibition of Virginia's photos in Castiglione Tinella, in province of Cuneo (Italy): http://monicabruna.blogspot.it/2011/10/una-curiosa-mostra-sulla-contessa-di.html (http://monicabruna.blogspot.it/2011/10/una-curiosa-mostra-sulla-contessa-di.html)
Photos (thanks to Monica Bruna from her blog):
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Portrait:
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Virginia:
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Francesco Verasis Asinari (1826-1867), Count of Castiglione and Virginia's husband:
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Francesca Trotti di Santa Giulietta (1828-1851), daughter of Count Giovanni Battista and Laura Castellani Merlani Varzi. She was the first wife of Francesco Verasis, Count of Castiglione:
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Article:
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Pierre-Louis Pierson: Countess de Castiglione and Her Son
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Virginia:
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