Josef Anton Gegenbauer

Josef Anton von Gegenbaur (6 March 1800, in Wangen, Württemberg – 31 January 1876, in Rome) was a German historical and portrait painter.

He studied first at the Royal Academy in Munich under Robert von Langer, remaining in that city from 1815 to 1823.

Among his productions there were two idyllic works, a "Saint Sebastian" and a "Madonna and Child", altar-piece for his native town.

During later residence in Stuttgart he was employed from 1836 to 1854 in decorating the royal Palace with sixteen scenes in fresco from the history of Württemberg.

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