Nanette Kaulla (1812, Munich - 1872) was a Munich beauty of the 19th century. She appeared in the

Gallery of Beauties The Gallery of Beauties (german: Schönheitengalerie) is a collection of 36 portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and middle classes of Munich, Germany, painted between 1827 and 1850 (mostly by Joseph Karl Stieler, appointed co ...

gathered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1829. She was also called the "most beautiful Jew in Munich" 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. Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte
Nanette Kaula (1829)
(Retrieved 17 June 2020). She was described as pretty, witty and kind.Die 37 Schönheiten von Nymphenburg, https://museen-in-bayern.de/schoenheitengalerie-schloss-nymphenburg

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. In 1834 she married the Munich merchant Salomon Joseph Heine (1803–1863) whose nephew was the poet

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...

who was a 3rd cousin to Karl Marx. She died in November 1872 without children.

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

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. She wears a black dress with big sleeves and golden brooch in the center and an arrow as a hairpin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaulla, Nanetta 1812 births 1876 deaths People from Munich 19th-century German Jews 19th-century German women Portraits of women Gallery of Beauties People from the Kingdom of Bavaria