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data:
  actNote:
    - authority: gnd
      intro: acti
      lang: ger
      text: Kaufmann
      uri: http://d-nb.info/gnd/4128272-3
    - authority: gnd
      intro: acti
      lang: ger
      text: Kommerzienrat
      uri: http://d-nb.info/gnd/4313033-1
  bioDates:
    - end: 1889
      lang: ger
      start: 1815
      text: 1815-1889
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      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Biographic Information
      searchTerm: 137967896
      typeOfResource: info
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      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Clustered authority record
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      typeOfResource: same
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      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Authority record
      searchTerm: http://d-nb.info/gnd/137967896
      typeOfResource: same
    - code: WDAT
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Wikidata description set
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      typeOfResource: same
    - code: LINK
      note:
        - lang: und
          text: "This portrait of the Jewish entrepreneur and commercial councilor Valentin Manheimer (b. 1815) was painted by the Hohenzollern court painter Anton von Werner (1843-1915) - and therein lies much of its significance, for it conveys the extent to which Jews had entered the ranks of the upper classes in Berlin and had thus become, in one sense at least, “court worthy.” Werner was commissioned to paint Manheimer's 70th birthday celebration, which took place in the fountain house in the garden of his villa at Bellevuestraße 8 in Berlin. We see Manheimer's wife Philippine (third from left, in the black dress), as well as his daughters and grandchildren. That Frau Manheimer commissioned the famous painter of Prussian historical scenes and imperial royalty to document this event, and that he accepted, suggests the esteem that even a milliner of women's clothing could command in the new Berlin. Manheimer had arrived in the city in 1836; he started his textile business, according to the firm's legend, with only the money he had won in a state lottery. Even before the founding of the empire, Manheimer's talent for industrial production and international marketing had allowed him to amass a considerable fortune. By the 1880s, his firm employed around 8,000 people, but it went bankrupt during the Great Depression, which began in 1929."
      rights: '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Anton_von_Werner" class="extiw" title="w:en:Anton von Werner"><span title="German painter (1843-1915)">Anton von Werner</span></a> / image <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/B/Werner,+Anton+von%3A+Der+70.+Geburtstag+des+Kommerzienrats">zeno.org</a>; description from Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=1352">[1]</a> -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Der 70ste Geburtstag des Kommerzienrates Valentin Manheimer, von Anton von Werner, 1887.jpg'
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  external:
    - auth: GND
      country: DE
      date: 20090421
      id: 137967896
  foundIn:
    - NDB/ADB-online
  generalNote:
    - lang: ger
      text: Konfektionär; Textilkaufmann; Geheimer Kommerzienrat
  geoNote:
    - authority: iso3166
      intro: geon
      lang: und
      text: DE
    - intro: ctry
      lang: ger
      text: Deutschland
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Manheimer
        - firstname: Valentin
      usedBy:
        - GyFmDB
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2009-06-10T12:00:00Z
    - timestamp: 2019-05-03T12:00:00Z
    - timestamp: 2024-02-08T12:00:00Z
  status: n