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Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli (13 March 1814, in
*Barbiera, Raffaello, ''Il salotto della contessa Maffei'', Milano,
''Il salotto della contessa Maffei''
Milano, Treves, 1895
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Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli (13 March 1814, in Bergamo
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– 13 July 1886, in Milan
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) was an Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento
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, usually known by her married name of countess Clara Maffei or Chiarina Maffei.
Life
At 17 years old she marriedAndrea Maffei
Andrea Maffei (1798 – 1885) was an Italian poet, translator and librettist. He was born in Molina di Ledro, Trentino. A follower of Vincenzo Monti, he formed part of the 19th-century Italian classicist literary culture. Gaining laurea in juri ...
, but they separated by mutual consent on 15 June 1846. She had a long and lasting relationship with Carlo Tenca
Carlo Tenca (19 October 1816, Milan - 4 September 1883, Milan) was an Italian man of letters, journalist, deputy and supporter of the Risorgimento. He was the central figure in the salon of Countess Clara Maffei
Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Sp ...
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She is well known for the salon
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she hosted in via dei Tre Monasteri in Milan
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, known as the "". Starting in 1834 and organised by Tommaso Grossi
Tommaso Grossi (20 January 179110 December 1853) was an Italian poet and novelist.
Biography
Grossi was born in Bellano, on Lake Como, and graduated in law at University of Pavia in 1810. He then went to Milan to exercise his profession but the ...
and Massimo d'Azeglio, it attracted several well-known literati, artists, scholars, composers and pro-Risorgimento
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figures to meet to discuss art and literature. These included Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (, , ; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel '' The Betrothed'' (orig. it, I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the maste ...
, Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and ...
(who painted a portrait of Clara which he then gave to her husband), Giuseppe Verdi and Giovanni Prati
Giovanni Prati (27 January 1815 – 9 May 1884) was an Italian poet and politician.
Prati was born in Dasindo, province of Trento, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was educated in law at Padua. Adopting a literary career, he was inspired b ...
.
Bibliography
*Barbiera, Raffaello, ''Il salotto della contessa Maffei'', Milano, Treves
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1895 (new edition)
*Cunigi, Davide, "Una gentildonna bergamasca del Risorgimento. La contessa Clara Maffei", in ''Rivista di Bergamo'', XX, February 1941, pp. 49–53, and March 1941, pp. 74–78
*Monti, Antonio, ''Una passione romantica dell'Ottocento. Clara Maffei e Carlo Tenca'', Milano, Garzanti 1940
External links
* *Raffaello Barbiera''Il salotto della contessa Maffei''
Milano, Treves, 1895
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