Germaine de Staël
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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a prominent Genevan and French novelist, woman of letters, philosopher, and political theorist in both Parisian and Genev
Portrait by François Gérard, 1813
Germaine Necker by Carmontelle
The Swedish Embassy, Hôtel de Ségur, later Hôtel de Salm-Dyck
On 4 and 5 May 1789 Germaine de Staël watched the assembly of the Estates-General in Versailles, where she met the young Mathieu de Montmorency.
Corinne, or Italy
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Corinne, or Italy, also known as Corinne, is a novel by the Genevan and French writer Germaine de Staël, published in 1807. It relates a love story between an Italian poet, Corinne, and Lord Oswald Ne
Germaine de Staël
…returned to Coppet in June 1805, moved to Meulan (Château d'Acosta), and spent nearly a year writing her next book on Italy's culture and history. In Corinne ou l'Italie (1807), her own impressions of a sentimental and intellectual journey, the heroine appears to have been inspired by the Italian poet Diodata Saluzzo…
Lady Edgermond sends away the Italian musicians, whose music reminds Corinne of Italy. Engraving by G. Staal for an 1857 reprint.
Marie-Victoire Jaquotot, Corinne at Cape Misenum (after François Gérard), 1825. Painting on porcelain. Sèvres factory.
Portrait of Madame de Staël as Corinne, by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (c. 1808-1809). Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva).