Peter von Cornelius
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Peter von Cornelius was a German painter; one of the main representatives of the Nazarene movement. He was the uncle of the composer Peter Cornelius (1824–1874).
Peter von Cornelius; by Eduard von Heuss
The Wise & Foolish Virgins, c. 1813
Tavern Scene, circa 1820, National Museum in Wrocław
Fresco of The Last Judgment at the Ludwigskirche in Munich
Nazarene movement
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The epithet Nazarene was adopted by a group of early 19th-century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive spirituality in art. The name Nazarene came from a term of derision used against them for their affectation of a biblical manner of clothing and hair style.
In Jacob encountering Rachel with her father's herd (1836), Joseph von Führich attempts to recapture the mood of Perugino and Raphael (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna)
Joseph Anton Koch, Detail of the Dante-Cycle in the Casino Massimo