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Olympe Pélissier

French artists' model · France · On the map · Models · Lived 1799 to 1878 · aged 78

Olympe Pélissier 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".

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France
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Lived 1799 to 1878 · aged 78