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ARMUS JACOB CARSTENS (1754-1798)

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

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