Eduard Steinbrück
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Carl Eduard Steinbrück was a German history painter and etcher; associated with the Düsseldorf school.
The Birth of Venus
The Young Women of Magdeburg
Frederick William IV
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Frederick William IV was King of Prussia from 7 June 1840 until his death in 1861. Also referred to as the "romanticist on the throne", he was deeply religious and believed that he ruled by divine rig
Eduard Steinbrück
…seriously ill, and they returned to Berlin to be with her family. She died the following year, leaving him with three sons and a daughter. In Berlin, King Frederick William IV gave him numerous commissions for works in public buildings and churches; beginning with frescoes in the chapel at Berlin Palace. Over the next few…
Frederick William IV in 1847
Portrait of Crown Prince Frederick William, c. 1810
Queen Elisabeth Ludovica of Prussia at an unspecified date
The Cologne Cathedral in 1856. King Frederick William IV provided the impetus to complete it over 600 years after construction began.