Figure 1.--Uroš Knežević mostly painted portraits, primarily adults, Serbian leaders and notables in Western clothing. We have found few portaits of children, possibly because Serbs in the 19th century wee just beginning to adjust to Western art and customs. This is one of the rare portarits of a child. We see a portrait Mileva Vukomanovi (1833-1914) as a girl. Usually we use images like this to estimate the age and date of the sitting which we can do because we know she was born in 1833. Thus we are not sure just when the portait was done. We do know she is wearing European style clothing. The fact that she is having a portrait painted and the way she is dressed tells us that she came from a substantial bourgeois family. She was the daughter of Petar R. Vukomanović and Vasilija Vukomanović. She married Ranko Alimpić. Her siblings were Aleksa Vukomanović, Mileva Ranosović, Mihajlo Vukomanović, and Milica Krstić. She became a respected Serbian woman author. We have no information aon her writing.

We see a portrait Mileva Vukomanovi (1833-1914) as a girl. Usually we use images like this to estimate the age and date of the sitting which we can do because we know she was born in 1833. An art historian tells us, "In accordance with the commonly accepted concepts, little girls were portrayed dressed as teenage girls. Long shoulderless ball gowns, sumptuous jewellery, plaited or put up hair and a flower in the hair or in the hand gave them a hint of seriousness. Until the closing decades of the 19th century, there was no clear distinction between a little girl and a teenage girl in the bourgeois ideology of Serbian society. Their social position was the same regardless of the age and physical characteristics." Thus we are not dure just when the portait was done. We do know she is wearing European style clothing. The fact that she is having a portrait painted and the way she is dressed tells us that she came from a substantial bourgeois family. She was the daughter of Petar R. Vukomanović and Vasilija Vukomanović. She married Ranko Alimpić. Her siblings were Aleksa Vukomanović, Mileva Ranosović, Mihajlo Vukomanović, and Milica Krstić. She became a respected Serbian woman author. We have no information aon her writing.

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