Franz Nadorp

Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp, (June 23, 1794 – September 17, 1876) was a German painter who primarily worked and lived in Rome.

After his education at the Anholt City school, he was joined at age 20 by a fellowship of his country gentlemen Prince Constantin of Salm-Salm in the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, where he trained as a historical painter with his teacher Joseph Bergler.

1859 Nadorp was received by King Frederick William IV of Prussia, and this led to his first government contract.

Nadorp, who is considered a romantic German painter in style, died shortly thereafter in Rome and was buried at Campo Santo Teutonico next to St. Peter in the Vatican.

His entire estate was transferred to the Princes of Salm-Salm and can still be seen today in the Museum Wasserburg Anholt and in the parish church of St. Pancras.