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Jacqueline Siegel (née Mallery; born January 19, 1966) is an American socialite, model, actress, and beauty pageant director.She is one of the main subjects of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles, directed by Lauren Greenfield, its sequel series, Queen of Versailles Reigns Again, and the 2024 stage musical The Queen of Versailles (musical) with Kristin Chenoweth originating the ...
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The name Jungfrau ("maiden, virgin"), which refers to the highest of the three prominent mountains overlooking the Interlaken region, along with the Mönch ("monk") and the Eiger ("ogre"), is most likely derived from the name Jungfrauenberg given to Wengernalp, the alpine meadow directly facing the huge northern side of the Jungfrau, across the Trummelbach gorge.
Manfred on the Jungfrau is an 1837 watercolour painting by the English artist John Martin, now in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The subject of the painting comes from Lord Byron's poem Manfred, specifically Act I scene II. It was painted by a number of 19th-century artists.
For a long time, the palace was the favourite summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria. King Max I Joseph died there in 1825 [3] and his great-grandson King Ludwig II was born there in 1845. [4] In 1863, the only meeting between Ludwig and Otto von Bismarck was held in Nymphenburg, although they remained connected in a lifelong friendship.
The painting depicts the central character of the poem, Manfred, who is a noble and wealthy aristocrat, about to toss himself from the heights of the Jungfrau mountain. Manfred is, however, saved from death by a chamois hunter who happens upon him, and who is seen approaching in the background of the painting, clad in fur. The detail seen on ...
Manfred on the Jungfrau is the title of two paintings: Manfred on the Jungfrau (Martin) , an 1837 watercolour version by John Martin Manfred on the Jungfrau (Madox Brown) , an 1842 oil-on-canvas version by Ford Madox Brown