DETAILS
- Artist
- Karl Friedrich Lessing
- Date
- 1832
- Location
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Karl Friedrich Lessing
Karl Friedrich Lessing, a key figure of the Düsseldorf School, was celebrated for his dramatic landscapes and influential historical paintings like 'The Hussite Sermon'.
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