Object: | Studio portrait of actress Vela Nigrinova in character as 'Ljubica' |
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Description: | Full-length shot of a woman dressed in traditional Serbian folk attire, wearing an embroidered jelek over an embroidered shirt and a 'pregača' (traditional embroidered apron with a geometric pattern). The shirt is fastened with a belt decorated with a 'pafte' (richly ornamented metal buckle). A wooden fence and a painted canvas backdrop are creating the impression of the scene being set outdoors. |
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Comment: | Ljubica' is a character in Janko Veselinović's and Dragomir Brzak's play 'Đido'. 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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Relations: | /o:vase.1351 | Date: | 1895 |
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Location: | Belgrade |
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Country: | Serbia |
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