Eduard Gerhardt

Eduard Gerhardt (29 April 1813 in Erfurt – 6 March 1888 in Munich) was a German painter, lithographer and architect.

He began his career as a lithographer, and then studied architecture at Cologne and under Semper at Dresden.

A series of views of Cologne Cathedral attracted the attention of Frederick William IV of Prussia, whose assistance enabled Gerhardt to continue his studies in 1848 in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula.

For some time he instructed the princes of the royal household at Lisbon, but in 1851 returned to Munich.

He is noted for his portrayal of Moorish architecture.