Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. He was the uncle, via his brother Christian, of Franz and Lujo Brentano.
Portrait by Emilie Linder, painted in 1835; printed in from Meyer's Encyclopedia, 1906
Die Gründung Prags (1852)
German Romanticism was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influencing philosophy, aesthetics, literature, and criticism. Compared to English Romanticism, the German variety developed relatively early, and, in the opening years, coincided with Weimar Classicism (1772–1805).
Caspar David Friedrich, (1774–1840) Moonrise by the Sea, 1822, 55x71 cm
Angelica Kauffman, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1787
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Heinrich Heine, 1831, Kunsthalle Hamburg
Joseph von Eichendorff