(naMartina Maria Bafile)
"Ini handife ndakakanganwa bhora riya kuTuileries kwaakaratidzika asina kupfeka semwarikadzi wekare […]. Akatungamirwa naCount Walewski uye achipa ruoko rwake kune Count of Flamarens […] akasvika na2 mangwanani, pakarepo mushure mekunge Empress aenda pamudyandigere, uye akakonzera mhere-mhere isingatsananguriki. "
(Arrigo Petracco Mudiwa wamambo. Anoda, kupenga uye zvakavanzika zveanoverengeka weCastiglione, Milan, Mondadori, 2000)
PIERRE-LOUIS PIERSON/ CREDIT WIKIMEDIA COMMONS NEMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Kunooneka kwepamusoro, kuziva kuroya nekunze, kuzvipfumisa nekuzvivaka nekupa mufananidzo wako, zvese zvinhu izvo nhasi zvatingazvibatanidza nechiitiko chevapesvedzera, che "basa idzva rakagadzirwa nevechidiki" uye zvakadaro, zvakakwana kubvisa mamwe mabhuku enhoroondo ekare kuti uone kuti mamwe masimbiro nemaitiro zvagara zviri chikamu chenzanga, zvisinei nenzira dzakasiyana zvishoma.
Virginia Oldoini, uyo akadzika munhoroondo saThe Countess weCastiglione, panguva yake aive protagonist werunyerekupe rwekunyepedzera mukondinendi yese pasi pemazita akadai sa "mwarikadzi wekare" uye "mukadzi akanaka kwazvo muEurope". Munhu ane gakava, akakurukurwa, asi asiri pachena, ngano ye Countess inogara munhoroondo yehupfumi, runako rwekukwezva uye kunyengera kwakasimba zvekuti kushandura mafambiro ezvematongerwo enyika eEurope panguva iyoyo. Mupesvedzeri wechokwadi.
Virginia akaberekerwa muFlorence muna 1837, kwaakakurira munzvimbo yakapfuma achidzidza mitauro yakawanda. Hungwaru hwake uye runako rwake zvinokwezva kutarisa kwaFrancesco Verasis, Count of Castiglione, uyo musikana acharoora achipikisa kuda kwake pazera regumi nematanhatu chete.
IAkabatwa muwanano isingafadzi uye nehupfumi muguta reTurin, Countess achazvarwa patsva mushure mebasa raakapihwa nemadzimambo eItari Vittorio Emanuele II naCavour.
Virginia aifanira kunge akashandisa zvombo zvake zvine simba zvakanyanya: runako uye nerudo kuroya mambo weFrance Napoleon III.
Muchokwadi, 1867 yakanga iri pamusoro pedu, gore iro Congress yeParis yaizoitika, zvakafanira kugadzirisazve Europe mushure mekukunda Russia muHondo yeCrimea. Basa re Countess raive chikamu chekubheja: kuita kuti Emperor ape izwi rakakodzera kuPiedmont yenhaurirano maererano neItari.
Iyo yengano yemukadzi akanaka kwazvo muEurope yaive yatove nyaya yakakurumbira mumasalon edare reFrance uye kusvika kweCountess paTuileries Palace hakunyadzisi zvinotarisirwa zvachose.
Kunyangwe kusakwanisa kuhwina mafambiro aNapoleon III panguva ino, mukati memwedzi isingasviki Countess akava mudiwa waMambo uye Piedmont akapinda mukongiresi nezwi rakaenzana nemamwe masimba.
Zvipo uye hupfumi zvinogara zvichiratidzwa naVirginia Oldoini mudare reParis, kwaanova, pakati pegodo uye kuyemura, izvo nhasi zvatingadaidza kuti munhu anozvigadzira chaiye. Kune hurukuro yeimba iri paAvenue Montaigne, yezvishongo zvine mitsara yakawanda yemaparera uye mhete yemerald ine mazita evadikani vaviri akanyorwa mukati, yakaratidzirwawo pamberi paEmpress Eugenia De Montijo, mudzimai waNapoleon III.
Mushure mekurwiswa kwaMambo, maererano nevakawanda vakarongwa naEugenia pachake kuti agadzire Countess, Virginia anodzokera kuItaly achifamba pakati peLa Spezia, Turin, London neFlorence, achienderera mberi kukunda vanoda uye zvinhu.
Muna 1862 chete, aine tariro yekuwanazve nzvimbo mudare reParis, Virginia akazokwanisa kudzokera kuFrance. Achikundikana muchinangwa chake, zvakadaro, anove museti paPierson y Mayer yemifananidzo studio. Pano akanga asina kufa muTableaux Viant (zvinoreva "mifananidzo mhenyu"), kana mifananidzo yemifananidzo yaakapfeka semasikirwo ezvinyorwa zvengano uye mabhuku, nechinangwa chekugadzirisa zvakare chinyorwa chemifananidzo yehupenyu.
Nehupenyu hwakashata panguva iyo akafirwa nemwanakomana wake mumwe chete nemurume wake asina kumbobvira amuda, makore ekupedzisira eCountess anotaura nezvekubuda kwehusiku, zviso zvakafukidzwa kuvanza runako rwake rwuri kupera uye akafukidzwa magirazi kumba.
Virginia akafa ega muParis musi wa28 Mbudzi 1899.
Manyoro manyoro uye tsamba dze Countess dzakapona murindi wevamiriri veItaly muFrance, vakaedza kakawanda kubvisa zvese zvehupenyu hwekupokana hwaCountess. Pakati pehuchapupu huchangoburwa panobuda chido chekuti mugari wenhaka mumwe nemumwe anodomwa zvakajeka kuti arambwe nhaka. Nekudaro, vazukuru vaviri vekure asi vane rombo rakanaka vasekuru vake vanotiza runyorwa urwu, avo parufu rwaVirginia vakagashira hupfumi hwakaunganidzwa kubva kumazano ake akawanda erunako.
Virginia Oldoini, chimiro chakavakwa chichishandisa chitarisiko chakanaka, chinopofumadza uye sechisina maturo zvekuti chinovanza pfungwa dzinoverenga uye dzakateerera.
Nhau dzezvinonyadzisa, mari, hunyengeri, kushama, nhaka, hukadzi zvinosangana naye, aura inoshamisa inoenderana nenyika yanhasi uye nhamba dzayo dzakakurukurwa zvakanyanya kune mamwe madingindira.
Mafungiro ayo vanyori venhoroondo vakati wandei vanochengetera iyo Countess ingangove yakafanana nevanhu vazhinji nhasi kune vanofurira.
"Vanodiwa vanyori vezvakaitika kare, iwe wakanyatsofunga here kuti nekuramba zvikwereti kune Countess tingadai tisina kufunga kuti panzvimbo yaNapoleon III iwewo ungadai wakawira nokuda kwayo? Hatingakutongei..." (Martina Maria Bafile)
Zvipauro zvakaita sekuti "zvisina basa", zve "sterile value" zvinonzi zvakaitwa, asi ngatimbomirai kuti tifungisise pamusoro pesimba richiripo, rinouraya, rekusingaperi repfungwa inoziva kuseri kwechitarisiko chakanaka.
Nyorera kune yedu yemashoko!