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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Die Predigt Johannes des Täufers
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Peter von Cornelius was a German painter. He was born in Düsseldorf. His father, who was inspector of the Düsseldorf gallery, died in 1799, and the young Cornelius was stimulated to extraordinary exertions.
His earliest work of importance was the decoration of the choir of the church of St Quirinus at Neuss. At the age of twenty-six he produced his designs from Faust. On 14 October 1811, he arrived in Rome, where he soon became one of the most promising of that brotherhood of young (showing 500 of 5173 characters). |
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