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Portrait, 1st September 1893.
All photos by Pierre-Louis Pierson.

Baisemain, 1st September 1893.

Coin noir de la colonne, 1st September 1893.

Au bureau, 1st September 1893.

Á la barre, 1st September 1893.

L'armoire, 1st September 1893.

Ristori, 1st September 1893.
Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) was the most popular and influential Italian actress of the 19th Century.

Rachel, 1st September 1893.

Madame Douane, 1st September 1893.

Torino Aosta, 1st September 1893.
Torino (Turin) is the capital of Piemonte (Piedmont). Aosta is the capital of Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley): it is 110 km. north-northwest of Turin.

Arrivo [Arrival], 1st September 1893.

Ti-fille brune, 1895.
(See also next picture.)

Ti-fille brune, 1895.

Le manteau d'hermine, 31st August 1895.
(See also next picture.)

Le manteau d'hermine, 31st August 1895.

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Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione. Portrait by Michele Gordigiani, 1862.

Virginia Elisabetta Luisa Carlotta Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoini Verasis Asinari, Countess of Castiglione, was born in Florence on 22nd march 1837.

In 1856-1857, she became the mistress of the Emperor of France Napoléon III. After the end of their relationship, she continued to influence the French foreign policy.
In July 1856, Virginia Oldoini also began posing for Pierre-Louis Pierson, a photographer favored by the imperial court. In three different periods (1856-58, 1861-67 and 1893-95), she directed Pierson in 700 photographs inspired by her mundane life.

Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, died in Paris on the night between 28th and 29th November 1899.

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