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Olympe Pélissier (9 May 1799 [1] – 22 March 1878) was a French artists' model and courtesan [2] 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 ". [3]
Olympe Pélissier (9 May 1799 – 22 March 1878) 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 ".
The first symptoms of a nervous breakdown became manifest in 1832, which hit him hard; Olympe Pélissier, to whom he was now attached, cared for him like a mother. His married her on 16 August 1846. He published his “Soirées Musicales” – composed between 1830 and 1835 – in 1835, along with other short works.
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Nov 22, 2019 · Horace Vernet, Study of Olympe Pélissier for Judith and Holofernes, 1830. 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.
Oct 16, 2015 · His first wife died in 1845, and on 16 August 1846, he married Olympe Pélissier, who had sat for Vernet for his picture of Judith and Holofernes. Political disturbances compelled Rossini to leave Bologna in 1848. After living for a time in Florence, he settled in Paris in 1855, where he hosted many artistic and literary figures.
In 1847 Rossini married Olympe Pélissier. During his retirement he had written, returning to his first love, some religious pieces: the Stabat Mater (1832) and Petite messe solennelle (1864). He also wrote a few songs and piano pieces but never agreed to their publication.
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.
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