Letters, 1833.

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Letters, 1833.

A letter, 1833 March 13, concerning Alexander von Humboldt and a letter, 1833 Nov. 2, discussing Raphael's tomb and mentioning Vernet and a letter, 1842 March 3, to the art dealer Sachs with detailed instructions concerning the creation, restoration and shipment of a plaster cast sculpture. With a portrait postcard of Rauch by Franz Kruger.

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Raphaël, 1483-1520

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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his early de...

Von Humboldt, Alexander, 1769-1859

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Born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at the universities of Frankfurt and Göttingen, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most prominent European figures of his age. His fame largely derived from his scientific expedition in Latin America between 1799 and 1804, which resulted in numerous discoveries, particularly related to physical geography and meteorology. Notably, he spent 1803 in New Spain (present day Mexico) conducting a census of the territory. Source: Alexander von ...

Krüger, Franz, 1797-1857

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Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863

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French painter and lithographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Versailles, 28 August 1840, to M. [Hector] Berlioz in Paris, 1840 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677983 French painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1812-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79720558 ...

Rauch, Christian Daniel, 1777-1857

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German sculptor. From the description of Letters, 1833. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78576060 ...