Wilhelmine Sulzer

Friederica Catharina Sulzer better known for her stage name as Wilhelmine Sulzer (Munich, 1820 – ?) was a Munich royal court actress. She appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria^[1] in 1838.

Life

Friederica was born in Munich in 1820. She was the illegitimate child of the accountant Johannes Sulzer and a worker's daughter named Zoepf. She was orphaned at the age of 16. In 1837 she was employed at the royal court stage. A breast problem forced her to give up acting after just a few months. In 1838 she married the ministerial registrar Karl Schneider. Her date of death is unknown.^[2]

Portrait

She was hired as a student of Heigel at the Royal Court Theater in 1837, where she attracted the attention of King Ludwig I of Bavaria who called her a "decent and virtuous girl.".^[3] The king then commissioned the court painter Joseph Karl Stieler to paint the 17-year-old actress for his Gallery of Beauties collection in Nymphenburg Palace, Munich.^[4]

In her portrait, Wilhelmine Sulze looses her auburn hair, wears a plain white off-shoulder gown, and is wrapped with a luxurious fur.^[5]

References

^ S. K. Ludovic, "A King's Gallery of Beauty" Strand Magazine (January 1902): 16–23.
^ Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte https://hdbg.eu › objekte › index Königreich - Friederica Catharina gen. Wilhelmine Sulzer (1838), https://hdbg.eu/koenigreich/index.php/objekte/index/id/883
^ Flickr https://www.flickr.com › photos Friederica Catharina, called Wilhelmine, Sulzer (27 May 1820, https://www.flickr.com/photos/1way/712207499
^ Галерея красавиц. 26, 27, 28,29, 30, https://kilchichakov.livejournal.com/319613.html
^ Gogmsite.net http://www.gogmsite.net › 1838-wil... 1838 Wilhelmine Sulzer by Joseph Karl Stieler ..., http://www.gogmsite.net/empire-napoleonic-and-roman/subalbum-schonheitengalleri/1838-wilhelmine-sulze-by-jo

[1] S. K. Ludovic, "A King's Gallery of Beauty" Strand Magazine (January 1902): 16–23.

[2] Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte https://hdbg.eu › objekte › index Königreich - Friederica Catharina gen. Wilhelmine Sulzer (1838), https://hdbg.eu/koenigreich/index.php/objekte/index/id/883

[3] Flickr https://www.flickr.com › photos Friederica Catharina, called Wilhelmine, Sulzer (27 May 1820, https://www.flickr.com/photos/1way/712207499

[4] Галерея красавиц. 26, 27, 28,29, 30, https://kilchichakov.livejournal.com/319613.html

[5] Gogmsite.net http://www.gogmsite.net › 1838-wil... 1838 Wilhelmine Sulzer by Joseph Karl Stieler ..., http://www.gogmsite.net/empire-napoleonic-and-roman/subalbum-schonheitengalleri/1838-wilhelmine-sulze-by-jo

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