Ferdinand Rothbart

Ferdinand Rothbart (3 October 1823, Roth – 31 January 1899, Munich) was a German draftsman, illustrator and history painter.

[1] When he was a young child, he moved with his family to Nuremberg, where his father owned a wire braiding factory.

In 1855, he moved to Munich and became a freelance book illustrator, publishing some of his own works directly, as well.

His health was fragile, due to repeated haemorrhages,[clarification needed] but he was able to live in Rome from 1860 to 1863, having received a scholarship from the "Martin von Wagner Foundation".

In 1871, he was hired as curator for the "Königlichen Kupferstich- und Handzeichnungs-Cabinet" (Royal Engraving and Sketch Collection, now the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung) in Munich.