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![]() ![]() ![]() c. 1867 Image: ©Rue des Archives/PVDE/Getty Images When she first visited the photography studio of Mayer & Pierson in 1856, Virginia Oldoini had already become **torious in Paris society. Married at 17 to Italian Count Francesco Verasis di Castiglione, she had been dis*****ed to Paris to convince Napoleon III to support Italian unification — instead, she promptly became his mistress. Their dalliance was brief but helped establish her reputation as a beautiful and enigmatic seductress She was enthralled with the study of her own beauty, and collaborated with photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson on over 400 self-portraits Read more... More about Fashion, Photography, France, Beauty, and History ??????? ??????: The mysterious selfie queen of Paris high society || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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