Middlemarch · Character
Adolf Naumann
A German painter and friend of Will Ladislaw in Rome.
minor
Also known as Naumann, Adolf Naumann
First appearance: vi
Adolf Naumann shows up with force in XIX. The page is where that presence becomes real.
German artist who admires Dorothea's beauty and wishes to paint her as a Madonna or nun.
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