Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna

Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna

1750 1839

Portuguese poet, salon-holder, author and painter (1750-1839)

D. Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna, 7th Countess of Assumar was a Portuguese noblewoman, painter, and poet. Commonly known by her nickname, Alcipe, the Marquise was a prime figure in the Portuguese Neoclassic a proto-Romantic literary scene, while still a follower of Neoclassicism when it came to painting.

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