19th C Miniature Portrait of Ulrike von Levetzow (1804-1899)
19th C Miniature Portrait of Ulrike von Levetzow (1804-1899)
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A 19th century hand-painted watercolor and gouache portrait on ivory of Ulrike von Levetzow (1804-1899) in an Empire bronze Griffin frame.
A 19th century hand-painted watercolor and gouache portrait on ivory of Ulrike von Levetzow (1804-1899) in an Empire bronze Griffin frame.
4.5"h x 3.25"w x 0.25"d
4.5"h x 3.25"w x 0.25"d
Ulrike von Levetzow was a German woman from an aristocratic Prussian family, best known for her relationship with the famous writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. She was born in Leipzig and spent part of her childhood in Strasbourg. In the early 1820s, she accompanied her mother to Marienbad, where she met the much older Goethe. Goethe, who was 74 at the time (Ulrike was 19), fell in love with her and proposed marriage through the intervention of the Grand Duke. Ulrike's family declined the proposal in a sensitive manner, though she maintained a correspondence with Goethe for many years afterward. She never married and lived a long life, passing away in 1899 at her estate in Bohemia.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) is considered one of the most important figures in Western literature, playing a central role in the German literary movement known as Weimar Classicism. Author of Faust. Goethe's encounter with Ulrike inspired his famous work Marienbader Elegie (1823).
Ulrike von Levetzow was a German woman from an aristocratic Prussian family, best known for her relationship with the famous writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. She was born in Leipzig and spent part of her childhood in Strasbourg. In the early 1820s, she accompanied her mother to Marienbad, where she met the much older Goethe. Goethe, who was 74 at the time (Ulrike was 19), fell in love with her and proposed marriage through the intervention of the Grand Duke. Ulrike's family declined the proposal in a sensitive manner, though she maintained a correspondence with Goethe for many years afterward. She never married and lived a long life, passing away in 1899 at her estate in Bohemia.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) is considered one of the most important figures in Western literature, playing a central role in the German literary movement known as Weimar Classicism. Author of Faust. Goethe's encounter with Ulrike inspired his famous work Marienbader Elegie (1823).
19th Century
19th Century
Bronze, ivory, watercolor, gouache, silk
Bronze, ivory, watercolor, gouache, silk
Prague
Prague
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