Maximiliane Brentano
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Maximiliane Brentano was a German woman who is known for her friendship to the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and as the mother of the Romantic writers Clemens Brentano and Bettina von Arnim. Born i
Drawing of Brentano, before 1774
Stadioner Hof, Mainz
Wieland arrives for the sentimentalist congress, 1868. Maximiliane follows her mother down the stairs.
Georg Michael Frank von La Roche with Wife and Daughter, c. 1774
Sophie von La Roche
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Marie Sophie von La Roche was a German novelist. She is considered the first financially independent female professional writer in Germany.
Maximiliane Brentano
…Goethe and as the mother of the Romantic writers Clemens Brentano and Bettina von Arnim. Born in Mainz, she was the daughter of the Protestant author Sophie von La Roche and the Catholic civil servant and court official Georg Michael Frank von La Roche. From 1771, they lived in Ehrenbreitstein near Koblenz, where her…
Marie Sophie von La Roche
Frontispiece of Fanny und Julia