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Scene: The living room of the Herming family house. The walls of the home contain valuable paintings by many of the greatest nineteenth-century Danish national romantic painters.State…
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Henri Nathansen
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Date:
1912
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Zimro, the son of Tovas [ . . . ] was very good-looking, highly intelligent, and a scholar. Now, the king loved him more than any other member of the royal household. He was the leading figure at…
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Unknown
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Venice, Venice
Date:
1580/1585
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Yetkhen:And how crude he was with me! He wants to arrange with Papa to marry me! How do you like that? I’d like to meet the man who’ll force me to marry someone! No! No father can do that—I have…
Contributor:
Aaron Halle-Wolfsohn
Places:
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (Wrocław, Poland)
Date:
1796
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Most magnificent and honored bride, my lady I gaze upon you:
Since I left Piacenza, I can honestly say that I am far away from my life. Oh, how can I live, and how can I hold up my limbs when I am so…
Contributor:
Salamone Candia
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1590