page_title: Clara Maffei
hierarchical_section_title: Clara Maffei
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: "Bildnis der Gräfin Clara Maffei" Français&#160;: "Portrait de la comtesse Clara Maffei"
context_page_description: Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli was an Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento, usually known by her married name of countess Clara Maffei or Chiarina Maffei.
context_section_description: Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli (13 March 1814, in Bergamo – 13 July 1886, in Milan) was an Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento, usually known by her married name of countess Clara Maffei or Chiarina Maffei.
caption: Portrait of Countess Clara Maffei
  by Francesco Hayez