At the end of 1749, Clara embarked at Marseilles to travel to Italy. Avoiding the fate of Dürer's Rhinoceros, which drowned in a shipwreck off the Ligurian coast near Porto Venere in 1516, Clara visited Naples and Rome.
In 1749, after departing from Marseilles, Clara traveled to Italy, escaping a similar fate as Dürer's Rhinoceros, which sank off the Ligurian coast near Porto Venere in 1516. She then visited both Naples and Rome.