person
Hertha Koenig
German writer and art collector (1884-1976) in whose Munich apartment Rilke lived in 1915 among Picasso's 'La Famille de saltimbanques'; the Fifth Elegy, on the acrobats, is dedicated to her.
Reading notes
- Duino Elegies §5 Frau Hertha Koenig
Writer and collector in whose Munich rooms Rilke lived among Picasso's acrobat painting; the Fifth Elegy is dedicated to her.