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.
Marie Sophie von La Roche
Frontispiece of Fanny und Julia
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
Sophie von La Roche
…Roche. Stadion took custody of the boy and provided for his education as a secretary. Georg and Sophie had eight children, five survived past childhood: Maximiliane (1756–1793), Fritz (born 1757), Luise (born 1759), Carl (1766–1839) and Franz Wilhelm (1768–1791). From 1761 to 1768, Sophie La Roche was a lady of the…
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