Johann Peter Theodor Janssen was a German historical painter.
Der siegreich vordringende Hermann ("The Victorious Advancing Hermann") — Krefeld, completed in 1873
Submission of Henry the Lion to Frederick Barbarossa — Erfurt, completed in 1882
Walter Dodde und die bergischen Bauern bei der Schlacht bei Worringen ("Walther Dodde and the Peasants of Berg at the Battle of Worringen") — displayed in Düsseldorf, completed in 1893
Kaiser Friedrich II entläßt nach Preußen ziehende Deutsch-Ordensritter 1236 ("Emperor Friedrich II Dismisses Teutonic Knights Moving to Prussia 1236") — Marburg, 1895 – 1903
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph
Peter Janssen
…Janssen was born in Düsseldorf, son of the engraver Tamme Weyert Theodor Janssen (1817–1894), by whom he was first instructed before studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Karl Ferdinand Sohn and Eduard Bendemann. He is principally known through a series of decorative works whose monumental style and sound naturalism…