Karl Johann Nepomuk Hemerlein ( Mainz Germany 1807 - 1884 Vienna Austria ) Important 19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Saint looking Upwards Signed Lower Right C. Hemerlein Stretched 45 1/2" H 36" L Framed: 52 3/4" H 43 1/2" H in Overall Good Condition historical dutch austrian wien vien religious renaissance Please Look at Photos Closely Out of a New York City Estate Before 1823 Hemerlein was Educated in Paris. In 1823, 1826 and 1835 he took part in the Exhibitions of the Mainz Art Association. From 1826 to 1828 he studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Between 1835 and 1837 he was in Paris, where he was a student in the Studio of Paul Delaroche He returned to Mainz, where he met the Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich In 1837 he took part in the Exhibition of the Darmstadt Art Association as well as in 1837 and 1838 with the traveling exhibitions of the Rheinischer Kunstverein In 1838 Hemerlein moved to Vienna and returned to Paris in 1841, where he worked as a copyist In 1842 he traveled to Rome and Paris after which Hemerlein returned to Vienna where he now took up permanent residence and set up his studio as a historical. He developed a great deal of activity which to no small extent impaired the value of his work Most of his altarpieces migrated to Hungary others to the other crown lands of the monarchy of his paintings in Vienna the 17-foot-wide foundation painting in the Servitenkloster is worth mentioning There are also pictures of him in St. Joseph's Church in Paris France in Trouville in Normandy in Durazzo in Albania and Cairo Alexandria Nazareth and Bethlehem. Historical paintings by his hand belong to Emperor Franz Joseph I Prince Liechtenstein and Cardinal Haulik The life-size portrait of Emperor Rudolph II is in the Coronation Hall in Frankfurt Much Lithographing and Engraving was done based on his Pictures dutch old master style Out of a New York City Estate

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