The Duchess Galliera

Marie Brignole-Sale, duchess of Galliera, was born on 5th of April 1811. She came from a noble
Italian family. She was a great amateur of art. The duchess used to frequent auction rooms and international exhibitions. She had a great collection of sculpture, Flemish Spanish and Venetian painting, and  furniture of the 18th century.
In Paris, she decided to show her collection to the public. So she had a palace built on a site bought by her husband, the marquis Raphaël de Ferrari. But the duchess's works of art didn't go to her palace because she gave the whole of her collection to Genoa. She died in 1888.