STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1725, sig. 109-4/1480

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Mr. G i e s. 6 photographs of portraits of Professor V i, e t z are sent, as follows; he does not have photographs of his portraits of women at hand. Viezte is undoubtedly the best German portraitist in Prague. A portrait of him comes to about 3,000.-- RM. Of foreign portraitists are to be mentioned: Prof. G e r h a r d i n g e r , Munich,'den Prof. Hönich especially praises, and Hans S c h l e r e t h , Gräfelfing, who presents two excellent portraits of women in this year's exhibition at the Haus der deutschen Kunst: I would be grateful for the return of the 6 photographs after use, as Vietze has expressly asked darwm. The best Prague image restorer is Prof. S 1 a n s ký , Prague IV., Lorettogasse 1. Slanský is a restorer of the Bohemian-Moravian National Gallery. Lom