Object: | Studio portrait of a woman in folk costume |
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Description: | Full length profile shot of a woman in folk costume with decoration in her hair. She is standing in front of a 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. Similar hair decoration - VASE.00967. |
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Relations: | /o:vase.967 | Date: | Not before 1878, Not after 1880 |
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Location: | Sofia |
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Country: | Bulgaria |
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