Studio portrait of Vela Nigrinova Visualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950 Ana Djordjevic editor Centre for Southeast European History, University Graz Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:vase.1375 Muzej Pozorišne Umetnosti Srbije Museum of Theater Art of Serbia II-294 Ethos Total Culture Clothing Adornment Postures Living Standards and Routines Music Arts Drama Arts Musical and Theatrical Productions Commercialized Entertainment Personal Names Individuation and Mobility Status, Role, and Prestige Individuation and Mobility Social Stratification Familiy State Gender Roles and Issues Serbia Belgrade Belgrade 20.46513,44.80401 Photograph Photographer 1895 Milan Jovanović Jovanović, Milan Half-length shot of a woman sitting on a chair. She is dressed in a dark evening gown adorned with a cross of merit. VASE.01409 is the same image, only mounted on a different underlay cardboard. Vela (Avgusta) Nigrinova (1862, Ljubljana – 1908, Belgrade) was the daughter of a Czechoslovakian father and a Slovenian mother. She was married to Davorin Jenko, a Slovenian composer and the author of the Serbian national anthem 'Bože pravde'. Vela is considered a superb early Serbian actress. For the major part of her acting career she lived in Belgrade and played at the Royal Serbian National Theatre. Not specified Boudoir 194 133 Serbia Belgrade