Liszt, Franz. (1811–1886). Original Held Cabinet Photograph, inscribed by Pauline Apel. Original cabinet photograph by Louis Held, showing Liszt in his study at Weimar. Signed lower left by Pauline Apel, Liszt's longtime housekeeper. 16.5 x 11 cm. Crazing to surface, crease at top left, light chips to right card edge and lower left corner.
When Liszt's residence, the Hofgartnerai in Weimar, became a museum approximately one year after his death, his longtime housekeeper, Pauline Apel, continued to live there and became the official tourist guide. She remained there in this capacity until her in death in 1926 at the age of eighty-eight, after which the job was passed to her daughter.
When Liszt's residence, the Hofgartnerai in Weimar, became a museum approximately one year after his death, his longtime housekeeper, Pauline Apel, continued to live there and became the official tourist guide. She remained there in this capacity until her in death in 1926 at the age of eighty-eight, after which the job was passed to her daughter.
Liszt, Franz. (1811–1886). Original Held Cabinet Photograph, inscribed by Pauline Apel. Original cabinet photograph by Louis Held, showing Liszt in his study at Weimar. Signed lower left by Pauline Apel, Liszt's longtime housekeeper. 16.5 x 11 cm. Crazing to surface, crease at top left, light chips to right card edge and lower left corner.
When Liszt's residence, the Hofgartnerai in Weimar, became a museum approximately one year after his death, his longtime housekeeper, Pauline Apel, continued to live there and became the official tourist guide. She remained there in this capacity until her in death in 1926 at the age of eighty-eight, after which the job was passed to her daughter.
When Liszt's residence, the Hofgartnerai in Weimar, became a museum approximately one year after his death, his longtime housekeeper, Pauline Apel, continued to live there and became the official tourist guide. She remained there in this capacity until her in death in 1926 at the age of eighty-eight, after which the job was passed to her daughter.