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Donna Franca with Kaiser 1907
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Jpg: Gabriella Alu'
   
Donna Franca Florio
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From: Gabriella Alu'
<ga b  rilu@neomedia.it> 
Date: Monday, March 8, 2004

Donna Franca Florio in Palermo, Villa Igea, meets german Kaiser William II and  his wife, the  Emperess  (1907). Franca  is wearing her  famous string of pearls. 
  

Portrait of Donna Franca Florio
1924

Philip Alexius de Laszlo

Emperor of Germany
1908

Notes:
Special thanks to Gabriella Alu'  of Palermo, Italy, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for passing along all this information.

From: Gabriella Alu' 
< ga br  ilu@neomedia.it> 
Date: Monday, March 8, 2004

I found this information (that, here in Palermo, everybody knows)  in two Italian books:

- Salvatore Requirez "CASA FLORIO", Flaccovio Editore, Palermo, 1998

- Anna Pomar "FRANCA FLORIO", edizioni Novecento, Palermo, 2002.
 

 

 


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