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Olympe Pélissier was a French artists' model and courtesan and the second wife of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. She sat for Vernet for his painting of Judith and Holofernes. Honoré de Balzac described her as "the most beautiful courtesan in Paris".
Olympe Pélissier (née Olympe Louise Alexandrine Descuilliers 1 à Paris le 9 mai 1799 et morte le 22 mars 1878 à Paris) était le modèle du peintre Horace Vernet.
- Olympe Louise Alexandrine Descuilliers
Nov 22, 2019 · The Petite messe solennelle is the ‘final sin’ of Rossini’s old age, dedicated to Comtesse Louise Pillet-Will, and first heard in the private chapel of her newly built house in Paris on Sunday 14 March 1864.
Apr 28, 2022 · Olympe Pélissier (1799-1878) was a French artists' model and the second wife of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. She sat for Vernet for his painting of Judith and Holofernes. Under the Bourbon Restoration, Pélissier had been a notable figure in Parisian society, admired by the Comte de Girardin, holding salons attended by Baron ...
- Paris, Île-de-France
- Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
- May 09, 1799
Attempting to restore the annuity was one of Rossini's reasons for returning. The other was to be with his new mistress, Olympe Pélissier. He left Colbran in Castenaso; she never returned to Paris and they never lived together again. The reasons for Rossini's withdrawal from opera have been continually discussed during and since his lifetime.
In 1858, just two years before Haussmann absorbed the village into his plans for a redesigned greater Paris, Rossini purchased a parcel of land for his own summer villa. To Olympe, it was as clear an indication as any that there was now some hope for the future. The cornerstone was laid on 10 March 1859.
