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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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CHRISTOPH

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

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