Object: | Studio portrait of actress Vela Nigrinova |
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Description: | Full-length shot of a woman in three quarter profile, holding a bouquet in her hand. |
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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: | Not before 1896, Not after 1903 |
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Location: | Belgrade |
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Country: | Serbia |
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