Philipp Veit

Self portrait, 1816
The Empyreum and Figures of the Celestial Spheres of Paradiso after Dante's Divine Comedy, Casino Massimo, Rome, fresco, 1817–1827
Paradiso, Canto III: Dante and Beatrice speak to Piccarda and Constance of Sicily, detail, Casino Massimo, Rome, fresco, 1817–1827
Franz Ludwig Catel, Crown Prince Ludwig in the Spanish Tavern in Rome, 1824
Immaculate conception, 1830, oil on canvas, Santa Trinità dei Monti, Rome
Allegory of Religion, 1819, oil on canvas, Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Germania, 1836

Philipp Veit (13 February 1793 – 18 December 1877) was a German Romantic painter and one of the main exponents of the Nazarene movement. It is to Veit that the credit of having been the first to revive the nearly forgotten technique of fresco painting is due.[1]

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Veit, Philipp". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 973.