Johann Jakob Jung

Johann Jakob Jung (12 September 1819, Frankfurt am Main - 29 June 1844, Frankfurt am Main) was a German painter, specializing in religious subjects, and a member of the Nazarene movement.

At an early age, he began training as a lithographer with Friedrich Carl Vogel [de] at his "Lithographischer Anstalt" in Frankfurt.

At this time, Frankfurt had become the focal point for the Nazarene movement, which was devoted to religious art, largely of a Catholic nature.

In 2003, a set of his drawings of camellias was offered at the auction house, Christie’s, in London and went for $245,584.

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