File:MarieDuplessis.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Description	French painter and lithographer
Date of birth/death	18 February 1803 / 18 February 1802	30 September 1855
Location of birth/death	Mallemort	former 2nd arrondissement of Paris
Work location	Netherlands (1839); Delft (1839)
Authority file	: Q1029257 VIAF: 17491771 ISNI: 0000000116011423 ULAN: 500031738 LCCN: nb2007019905 GND: 116608404 WorldCat

Title

English: Marie Duplessis aka Alphonsine Plessis (real name) (January 15, 1824 - February 3, 1847) was a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She is the basis of Marguerite Gautier, the main character of The Lady of the Camellias, (La Dame aux camélias) by Alexandre Dumas the younger, one of Duplessis' lovers.

Deutsch: Marie Duplessis (*15. Januar 1824; † 3. Februar 1847; eigentlich Alphonsine Plessis) war eine französische Kurtisane. Sie war das historische Vorbild für Alexandre Dumas (des Jüngeren) Roman- und Bühnengestalt "Marguerite Gautier" (Die Kameliendame) und Giuseppe Verdis Violetta Valery (Oper La Traviata)

Medium

Watercolour

Source/Photographer

http://www.theconnection.org/photogallery/courtesans/default.asp?counter=3
First upload on English wikipedia by Ted Wilkes, January 24, 2006

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:34, 13 February 2018	773 × 1,024 (137 KB)	Franzy89	Better picture and better colors
	21:05, 29 July 2012	273 × 375 (31 KB)	Cropbot	upload cropped version, operated by User:Finavon. Summary: border cropped
	14:09, 19 April 2007	278 × 380 (33 KB)	Mutter Erde	{{en\|'''Marie Duplessis''' aka '''Alphonsine Plessis''' (real name) (January 15, 1824 - February 3, 1847) was a French en:courtesan and en:mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She is the basis of ''Marguerite Gautier'', the main c