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ARMUS See also:JACOB See also:CARSTENS (1754-1798) , See also:German painter, was See also:born in See also:Schleswig, and in 1776 went to See also:Copenhagen to study . In 1783 he went to See also:Italy, where he was much impressed by the See also:work of Giulio Romano . He then settled in See also:Lubeck as a portrait painter, but was helped to visit See also:Rome again in 1792, and gradually produced some See also:fine subject and See also:historical paintings, e.g . "See also:Plato's See also:Symposium " and the " See also:Battle of See also:Rossbach "—which made him famous . He was appointed See also:professor at See also:Berlin, and in 1795 a See also:great See also:exhibition of his See also:works was held in Rome, where he died in 1798 . 'See also:Carstens ranks as the founder of the later school of German historical See also:painting . |
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