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Antonietta Cornelia Vetterlein, Baroness von Künsberg (25 December 1812,
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– 5 March 1862, Mainleus), was a
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n beauty of the 19th century. She was the granddaughter of Bayreuth Court Gardner Schneider and the daughter of State Councillor Vetterlein. She appeared in the
Gallery of Beauties The Gallery of Beauties () is a collection of 38 portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and bourgeoisie of Munich, Germany, gathered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of his Nymphenburg Palace. All but two were p ...
gathered by
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in 1828.


Life

She was born on
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in
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to Johann Karl Martin Vetterlein, the State Councillor and Rosaline Katrina Schneider. She died in 1862 in Schmeilsdorf,
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.


Portrait

In 1826, she attended the Royal Court Heigel as a student and attracted the attention of
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. In 1828, the king commissioned the court painter
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to paint her for his
Gallery of Beauties The Gallery of Beauties () is a collection of 38 portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and bourgeoisie of Munich, Germany, gathered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of his Nymphenburg Palace. All but two were p ...
collection in
Nymphenburg Palace The Nymphenburg Palace (, Palace of the Nymphs) is a Baroque palace situated in Munich's western district Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Nymphenburg served as the main summer residence for the List of rulers of Bavaria, ...
,
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. Most of the paintings in the Gallery of Beauties did not have significant backgrounds, but Cornelia symbolizes constancy and a castle is shown in the background. To match the castle, she is portrayed as the traditional German Lady of the Castle. The painting was completed in the same year when Cornelia was just 16 years old.


Marriage

In 1843, she married Imperial Baron Franz Ludwig von
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(1790–1860) with whom she had a daughter, Cornelia Carolina Rosalie Theresia Charlotte von Künsberg (1844–1962).August-Horch-Schule (mit Verweis auf berühmte Münchberger), https://www.muenchbuerger.info/hmw/o10_august_horch_schule.html


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vetterlein, Antonietta Cornelia 1812 births 1862 deaths German female models Gallery of Beauties People from the Kingdom of Bavaria