Clarissa Fesch Wessily, ca. 1834

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Clarissa Fesch Wessily by Giuseppe Tominz, ca. 1834

Clarissa was born in Trieste in 1815. Daughter of Joseph Wessely and Helene Vianello. Clarissa commissioned this painting circa 1834, not long after her marriage to Gustav Adolf Fesch from Lahr, Germany.

Note her beautiful jewellery and hair style:

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collana (1)

anello

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source: Museo Revoltella

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