Johannes Veit

[1] He was born to the banker, Simon Veit, and his wife Brendel; daughter of the philosopher, Moses Mendelssohn.

The following year, after a brief period working in Vienna, he moved to Rome, although he had originally planned to go to Paris.

The occasion for his change of mind was his interest in the works of Gottlieb Schick, who was then living in Rome, and in poor health.

Following Schick's return to Stuttgart, he befriended Friedrich Overbeck, and became involved in the Nazarene movement.

One of his most familiar works is an early "Adoration of the Shepherds", at St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin.