Friedrich Overbeck

Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869) was a celebrated German painter, born at Lübeck. He was head of the new Romantic or Pre-Raphaelite school of German art. He had devoted himself to religious subjects, abjured Lutheranism, and joined the Roman Catholic Church. He is famed for his frescoes "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem" and "St. Francis" in particular, still more than his oil-paintings. He spent most of his life in Rome.

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Friedrich Ruckert, Friedrich Schiller, Friedrich Spanheim, Friedrich Ueberweg, Friedrich von Gentz