Chiara Spinelli

Self-portrait in the Uffizi

Chiara Spinelli later the princess of Belmonte (1744-1823) was an Italian noblewoman and pastellist.

Spinelli was born in Naples, the daughter of Troiano, the ninth Duke of Laurino, but who also published in philosophy. In 1762 she married , the prince of Belmonte, becoming his second wife. She was also the mistress of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. She took part in the revolution which led to the creation of the Parthenopean Republic in 1799; at its collapse she was exiled to France.^[1] A self-portrait by Spinelli is held in the collection of the Uffizi in Florence; it was originally displayed alongside those of Irene Parenti Duclos and .^[2]

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^ Profile at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
^ Piero Pacini, Le Sedi dell'Accademia del Disegno: al "Cestello" e al "Crocetta" (Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2001), p. 248

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[1] Profile at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.

[2] Piero Pacini, Le Sedi dell'Accademia del Disegno: al "Cestello" e al "Crocetta" (Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2001), p. 248

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