According to the customs of the day, a wedding memorial portrait was made of the nineteen- year-old Maria Weidenhoffer and her groom, who was exactly twenty years older. Following the usual arrangement of portraits of couples, the man’s figure is looking at the audience, turning towards the woman on…

Ignaz Semmelweis married Mária Weidenhofer (1837-1910), who came from a well-to-do German-speaking family from Pest, on 1 June 1857. Her father, Ignác Weidenhofer gained his wealth from trading, similarly to the Semmelweis family. At that time, Ignác Semmelweis had already been an appointed…