1831 Marianna Marchesa Florenzi by Joseph Karl Stieler (Schönheitengallerie Schloß Nymphenburg, München Germany)

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Marchesa Florenzi had brains and beauty, translating Leibnitz, Kant, Spinoza, and Schelling into Italian. She was a policy advisor to King Ludwig I of Bavaria as well as lover. Her Wikipedia article is here.

1831 Marianna Marchesa Florenzi by Joseph Karl Stieler (Schonheitengallerie Schloss Nymphenburg, Munchen Germany)
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Marchesa Florenzi wears a dress with puffed sleeves and pleated bodice beneath an off-shoulder vee neckline in this 1831 portrait.

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Feb 16, 2011 1:14 AM
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