Object: | Studio portrait of a man in folk costume |
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Description: | Full length shot of a standing man in folk costume with a fur cap, leaned on an umbrella. He is standing next to a cloth-covered table. Painted canvas backdrop depicting columns and a park scenery. |
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Comment: | Verso: hand-written inscription [from K. Jireček]: "Slatina bei Sofia / Sopi Sofijski (od Slatiny)." The photograph is kept in the personal archive of Konstantin Jireček. Konstantin Josef Jireček (1854 - 1918) was a Czech historian, diplomat and Slavist. He entered the Bulgarian service in 1879, and in 1881 became Minister of Education in Sofia. In 1884 he became Professor of Universal History in Czech at the Charles University in Prague, and in 1893 Professor of Slavonic Antiquities at the University of Vienna. |
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Date: | Not before 1878, Not after 1880 |
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Location: | Sofia |
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Country: | Bulgaria |
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