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CHRISTOPH LUDWIG AGRICOLA (1667-1719)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 386 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LUDWIG See also:AGRICOLA (1667-1719)  , See also:German landscape painter, was See also:born and died at See also:Regensburg (Ratisbon) . He spent a See also:great See also:part of his See also:life in travel, visiting See also:England, See also:Holland and See also:France, and residing for a considerable See also:period at See also:Naples . His numerous landscapes, chiefly See also:cabinet pictures, are remarkable for fidelity to nature, and especially for their skilful See also:representation of varied phases of See also:climate . In See also:composition his See also:style shows the See also:influence of Caspar Poussin, while in See also:light and See also:colour he imitates See also:Claude See also:Lorraine . His pictures are to be found in See also:Dresden, See also:Brunswick, See also:Vienna, See also:Florence, Naples and' many other towns of both See also:Germany and See also:Italy .

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