Studio portrait of Princess Jelena of Serbia
Description
» next entryoverview« previous entry| Object: | Studio portrait of Princess Jelena of Serbia |
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| Description: | Full-length shot of a young woman sitting in a padded chair and resting her arms on the armrests. She is dressed in a white, floor-length evening gown and holding fan in her right hand. She is looking at the camera. In the background there is a painted canvas backdrop depicting a cloudy sky. The woman has signed her name and the date on the recto. |
| Comment: | Jelena Karađorđević (1884, Cetinje–1962, Nice) was the daughter of King Petar I of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Zorka of Montenegro. She was the older sister of Đorđe (George), Crown Prince of Serbia and Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia. Jelena was a niece both of Anastasia (Stana) of Montenegro, who was Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia's wife, and of Milica of Montenegro, who was the Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich of Russia's wife. Milica of Montenegro was the one to introduce Grigori Rasputin to Tsarina Alexandra. | Relations: | /o:vase.1273 /o:vase.1292 |
| Date: | 1905 |
| Location: | Belgrade |
| Country: | Serbia |
| Type: | Photograph |
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| Creator: | Jovanović, Milan, (Photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 135mm x 212mm |
| Format: | Boudoir |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Copyright: | Miloš Jurišić |
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| Archive: | Miloš Jurišić, Inv. No.: princeza Jelena Karadjordjevic 1905 134,5x212mm_0003 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] |
| Editor: | Ana Djordjevic |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.1293 |
