Julie von Egloffstein (September 12, 1792 – January 16, 1869), countess,
canoness
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of
Hildesheim
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, was a German artist, encouraged in her work by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...
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Life
She was born in
Erlangen
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, daughter of Gottfried Friedrich Leopold Graf von und zu Egloffstein and his wife Henriette.
She was one of the most beautiful and gifted women at the court of
Weimar
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, and many of Goethe's poems bear witness to the lively interest which he took in her artistic development. She painted several portraits, including those of the
Grand-Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and of Queen
Theresa of Bavaria.
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From 1829 to 1832 she toured Alsace, Switzerland and Italy, spending a considerable amount of time in Rome. She went to Italy again during 1838–1840, visiting Sorrento, Naples and Rome.][
In addition to portraits, her works included ''Shepherds in the Roman Campagna'' (1835), ''Hagar in the Wilderness'', ''The Exposure of Moses'', ''Italian Popular Life'' and others, some of which were in the possession of the Emperor of Russia and of ]Queen Victoria
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File:Julie Gräfin von Egloffstein - Königin Therese von Bayern.jpg, ''Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, queen of Bavaria'', 1836
File:Egloffstein Landschaft.jpg, ''Landscape''
File:AugustVonGoethe.jpg, '']August von Goethe
August von Goethe, portrait by Julie Gräfin Egloffstein
Julius August Walther von Goethe (25 December 1789 – 27 October 1830) was the only one of the five children of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Christiane Vulpius to survive into adulth ...
'', son of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...
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See also
* List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
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1792 births
1869 deaths
19th-century German painters
Countesses in Germany
19th-century German women artists
German ladies-in-waiting