Object: | Studio portrait of Vela Nigrinova |
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Description: | Full-length shot of a woman. She is standing, dressed in a light-coloured, floor-length dress puffed sleeves, decorated with flowers. She is posing as if she were offering a plate to someone. In the background there is a padded armchair. A painted canvas backdrop is creating the impression of the scene being set in a drawing room. |
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Comment: | 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. |
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Date: | 1895 |
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Location: | Belgrade |
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Country: | Serbia |
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