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    Artist

  • Rahl, Carl, 1812-1865

    • Title

  • Portrait of Betty Paoli

    • Other Title(s)

  • Betti Paoli / Carl Rahl gemalt. Christian Mayer geschabt

  • Physical Description

    Mezzotint : ink on paper ; 13.5 x 9 inches, 34.8 x 24.3 centimeters

  • Date

    before 1866

  • Summary

    Bust view of the poet as a young woman in a black dress. Captioned across bottom. The drawing was an addendum to “M. Auer’s Poligrafisch illustrirte Zeitschrift ‘Faust’”.

  • Depicted

    Paoli, Betty, 1814-1894

  • Subject

    Women in art; Women authors

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Drawings; Mezzotints; Prints

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

The Austrian poet, journalist and translator Betty Paoli was born as Barbara Elisabeth Glück in Vienna in 1815, the illegitimate daughter of Theresia Glück and a Hungarian nobleman. She worked as a seamstress to provide for herself and her mother, until she accepted a position as governess in the Kingdom of Poland. She studied languages and began writing poetry before returning to Vienna in 1835. She encompassed on her writing career, adopting the pseudonym "Paoli". Throughout her life, she was companion to various noblewomen. Betty Paoli died in Baden bei Wien in 1894.

Carl (Karl) Rahl (1812 – 1865) was an Austrian engraver and painter.

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Citation

Rahl, Carl: Portrait of Betty Paoli, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.86.