. The Open court. Darmstadt, these three royal personages, tbe Duke, bis mother, andbis wife, formed an auspicious trinity in their love and patronage ofGerman literature. 104 THE OPEN COURT. Even at an advanced age the Duchess preserved her beauty anddistinguished appearance, and when she retired from active partici-pation in the government, she concentrated her interest in belleslettres, art and everything that tends to the cultivation of the died at Weimar, April 10, 1807. The painter Kraus immortalized the circle of the Duchess. THE IIT;^ S HUT ON NEAR \
. The Open court. Darmstadt, these three royal personages, tbe Duke, bis mother, andbis wife, formed an auspicious trinity in their love and patronage ofGerman literature. 104 THE OPEN COURT. Even at an advanced age the Duchess preserved her beauty anddistinguished appearance, and when she retired from active partici-pation in the government, she concentrated her interest in belleslettres, art and everything that tends to the cultivation of the died at Weimar, April 10, 1807. The painter Kraus immortalized the circle of the Duchess. THE IIT;^ S HUT ON NEAR \ a photograph. Amalia in a watercolor which we here reproduce, and we may as-sume that it represents a scene of actual life. The figures as num-bered in the picture are (1) Johann Heinrich Meyer, called Kunst-meyer, born in Zurich 1760; met Goethe on his Italian journey 1786;was called as professor of drawing to Weimar 1791; after 1807director of the academy; died October 11, 1832, in Jena. (2) FrauHenriette von Fritsch, nee Wolfskell, lady-in-waiting. (3) Goethe. GOETHE S RELATION TO WOMEN. 105 (4) Friedrich Ilildcbrand vcni Einsicdel. councilor in the govern-ment at Weimar, later chief master of ceremonies of Duchess Amalia. (5) Duchess Amalia. (6) Elise Gore. (7) Charles Gore. (8)Emilie Gore. (9) Fraulein von Gdnchhausen. lady-in-waiting. (10)Herder. Among the acquaintances Goethe made in Weimar was Char-lotte von Stein, the wife of the Master of the Horse. She wasseven years older than Goethe and mother of seven children, tothe
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