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Scherzo di Follia

1861–67, printed ca. 1930

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The story

Cavour sent his cousin, the Countess of Castiglione, to Paris to plead for Italy with Napoleon III, and she became his mistress. Over four decades she directed Pierson in some 700 photographs of herself.

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Object details

Title: Scherzo di Follia
Artist: Pierre-Louis Pierson
Date: 1861–67, printed ca. 1930
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Gelatin silver print from glass negative
Object type: Photographs
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).
Object number: EFA.0255
Original image: 2261 × 3000 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Pierre-Louis Pierson. Scherzo di Follia. 1861–67, printed ca. 1930. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0255/