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Thirteen-Year-Old Claudine Brentano Reading a Pocket Book

c. 1817-1818
Ludwig Emil Grimm (German, 1790–1863) After a drawing of 1817 by Ludwig Emil Grimm (German, 1790–1863)
Claudine Brentano was a member of the large and well-connected Brentano family. One of her uncles was the German Romantic poet Clemens Brentano, who wrote the book Kinderlieder (Children’s Songs).

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