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Ljudje, ki so živeli in delali v Mahrova hiši

People who lived and worked in the Mahr House

Tone Demšar
date?

Ljubljana / Ljudje, ki so živeli in delali v Mahrova hiši

Description

Portrait medaillon with three portraits, from back to front:

Jakob Franc Mahr (Graz 1800 - Ljubljana 1845), founder of the School of Commerce in Ljubljana (Wikipedia).
France Prešeren (Vrba 1800 - Kranj 1849), Slovene poet, who has inspired virtually all later Slovene literature and has been generally acknowledged as the greatest Slovene classical author (Wikipedia).
Blaž Crobath (1797-1848), lawyer, friend and employer of France Prešeren (Slovenski biografski leksikon).

Inscription(s)

V spomin
J.F. Mahru usto-
novitelju prve trgovske šole
na Slovenskem l. 1834, in
Dr. F. Prešernu, ki je delal
od l. 1836 do l. 1840 pri
Blažu Crobathu, odvetni-
ku in narodno zaved-
nem izobražencu.

In memory of J.F. Mahr, founder
of the first School of Commerce
in Slovenian in 1834 and
Dr. F. Prešeren, who worked
from 1836 to 1840 for
Blaž Crobath, lawyer
and nationally conscious
intellectual.

Signature

Sculptor

Tone Demšar (Ljubljana 1946 - Ljubljana 1997), Slovenian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kraji, Ljubljana - Mahrova hiša.

Location (N 46°3'3" - E 14°30'37")

Item Code: si120; Photograph: 10 September 2016
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