Object: | Studio portrait of Pera Dobrinović in character as 'Kir Janja' |
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Description: | Half-length shot of a man in casual clothes. He is bent over a box filled with money, which has been placed on a table, its lid resting on a small bag. The photograph depicts a famous scene in which the character Kir Janja is talking to his golden ducats, ogling them and lovingly reaching for them. |
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Comment: | Kir Janja' is the central character of Jovan Sterija Popović's comedy 'Tvrdica' (The Miser, 1837). Petar "Pera" Dobrinović (Belgrade, 1853 – Novi Sad, 1923) was an actor and director at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad and at the Royal Serbian National Theatre in Belgrade. Before becoming one of the greatest actors on the Serbian stage, he worked as a journeyman in his father's barbershop in the centre of Belgrade. |
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Date: | 1898 |
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Location: | Belgrade |
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Country: | Serbia |
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