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It takes a woman without equal to provoke comparison with the celebrated lives of both Marie Grubbe and Johanne Louise Heiberg. A beautiful girl from an impoverished background, fiery Mediterranean blood flowing in her veins from an Italian father, big, deep eyes, a mannequin figure, and an enormous appetite for life. Angelica, as she was called, was placed in foster care with a family who owned something as exotic as…
“Money won’t buy you love”, someone once assured me, “but it will get you a damn good reproduction”. Sorrow, in contrast, almost always arrives free of charge. Even the deepest grief turns up unsummoned, without ever having to dip into your pockets. This truism seems verified in any study of the magnificent Countess of Bagsværd. If I read her biography correctly, she did her utmost to find love, paying dearly…
Some of the pieces will be exhibited at Aldershvile Planteskole Bagsværdvej 194, 2880 Bagsværd Opening reception 12th of June at 13.30 -15.00 - the exhibition will be open until 27th of June and only during Aldershvile Planteskole opening hours
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