Engagement portrait of Zora Pavlović and Kosta Horstig

Full-length portrait of a couple. The man, is depicted in profile, dressed in uniform and leaning on a sabre in a scabbard. He is sitting on the armrest of a padded bench. The woman is standing next to him, wearing a white, floor-length evening gown and an elaborate hat. Her right arm is resting on the man's left shoulder. They have been photographed in front of a painted canvas backdrop creating the impression the scene being set outdoors.Zora Horstig, née Pavlović, was the daughter of Mihajlo Pavlović, who was Governor of the National Bank and owned one of the largest Belgrade textile factories of the time. Zora's contemporaries used to call her 'Pretty Ms. Horstig'. She married Kosta Horstig, an artillery officer and descendant of an old Prussian family. Kosta's father, Paul von Horstig (Pavle Horstig), moved to Serbia after the Franco-Prussian War. There he became a representative of Krupp. Allegedly, he was also one of the founders of freemasonry in Serbia. Kosta and Zora had two daughters, one of them named Olga. The photograph is depicting Kosta's wife Zora and his sister Zorka