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Virginia Oldoini Rapallini, Countess of Castiglione (23 March 1837 – 28 November 1899), better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was also a significant figure in the early history of photography.
Virginia Oldoini—known better to history as the Countess of Castiglione—was mad, bad, and dangerous to know. The Italian aristocrat’s legendary beauty and photographic misadventures turned her into the world’s first model, but that’s not what made her infamous.
Jan 4, 2017 · The subject of the photo—a woman named Virginia Oldoini, better known as the Countess of Castiglione—sat for hundreds of haunting, strange photos over the course of 40 years, from 1856 to 1895,...
Jun 19, 2023 · Portrait of Virginia Oldoïni as Countess of Castiglione (Michele Gordigiani / Public Domain) She was said to have long, luscious wavy blond hair, a fair complexion, a soft and delicate oval face, and “eyes that constantly changed color from green to an extraordinary blue-violet” hue.
Virginia Oldoini (1837–1899), born to an aristocratic family from La Spezia, entered into an arranged and loveless marriage at age seventeen to Count Francesco Verasis da Castiglione.
Mar 8, 2024 · Virginia Elisabetta Luisa Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoini – in short, Countess of Castiglione – was a real celebrity of her times. I imagine that in our times she would be someone as famous as Kim K., or at least as some super popular fashion blogger.
Virginia Oldoini Verasis, countess di Castiglione (born March 22, 1835, Florence, duchy of Tuscany [Italy]—died Nov. 28, 1899, Paris, France) was a Tuscan noblewoman who occupied a predominant position in the courts of both Turin and Paris and influenced Franco-Italian political relations.
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