Nanette Kaulla

Nanette Kaulla (1812, Munich - 1872) was a Munich beauty of the 19th century. She appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1829. [1] She was also called the “most beautiful Jew in Munich”[2][3] She was described as pretty, witty and kind.[4]

17 years old Nanette Kaulla in a painting for the Gallery of Beauties, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1829

Life

Nanette Kaulla was born in Munich in 1812, the thirteenth and youngest daughter to Joseph Raphael Kaulla and Josephine Bernhardine Peppenheimer. Her father was the court agent and chairman of the Jewish community in Munich.[5] In 1834 she married the Munich merchant Salomon Joseph Heine (1803–1863) whose nephew was the poet Heinrich Heine who was a 3rd cousin to Karl Marx.[6] She died in November 1876 without children.[2]

Portrait

Her portrait was begun in 1829 by Joseph Karl Stieler when she was 17 years old. It was the last of the first ten portraits that the artist painted for King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She wears a black dress with big sleeves and golden brooch in the center and an arrow as a hairpin. [7]

References

  1. S. K. Ludovic, "A King's Gallery of Beauty" Strand Magazine (January 1902): 16-23.
  2. Prinz Konstantin von Bayern: Ludwig I. und Nanette Kaula. In: Hans Lamm: Von Juden in München. Ein Gedenkbuch. Ner-Tamid, München 1958, S. 96–98.
  3. Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte: Nanette Kaula (1829) (Abgerufen am 17. Juni 2020).
  4. Die 37 Schönheiten von Nymphenburg, https://museen-in-bayern.de/schoenheitengalerie-schloss-nymphenburg
  5. Landman, Isaac; Cohen, Simon (1942). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated.
  6. Die 37 Schönheiten von Nymphenburg, https://museen-in-bayern.de/schoenheitengalerie-schloss-nymphenburg
  7. https://garystockbridge617.getarchive.net/amp/media/nanette-kaulla-joseph-karl-stieler-de705e
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