Studio portrait of actress Vela Nigrinova as 'Ljubica'
| 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 married 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. The folk attire she is wearing was typical of the Serbian Danube and Save valleys and of the area around Belgrade. |
| Relations: | o:vase.1372 |
| Date: | Not before 1900, Not after 1902 |
| Location: | Belgrade |
| Country: | Serbia |
| Type: | Photograph |
| Creator: | Jovanović, Milan, (Photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 209mm x 108mm |
| Format: | Panel |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 180 Total Culture > 181 Ethos 290 Clothing > 292 Special Garments 300 Adornment 510 Living Standards and Routines > 516 Postures 530 Arts > 533 Music 530 Arts > 536 Drama 540 Commercialized Entertainment > 545 Musical and Theatrical Productions 550 Individuation and Mobility > 551 Personal Names 550 Individuation and Mobility > 554 Status, Role, and Prestige 560 Social Stratification 580 Marrige 590 Familiy |
| Copyright: | Muzej Pozorišne Umetnosti Srbije |
| Archive: | Museum of Theater Art of Serbia, Inv. No.: II-1202 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Ana Djordjevic |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.1351 |