Marie Sophie von La Roche was a German novelist. She is considered the first financially independent female professional writer in Germany.
Marie Sophie von La Roche
Frontispiece of Fanny und Julia
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
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