Peter Ludwig Kühnen

He was born in Aachen on 1812 as the son of a local businessman, Simon Gerlach Kühnen and his wife, Anne Plum and was orphaned at the age of thirteen.

He was commissioned to paint Prosper Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg son,[2] a fact that exposed him to a wider audience.

Supported by several other Belgian painters like Gustave Wappers, Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven or Ferdinand de Braekeleer, he settled in Brussels but stopped to paint miniature because of an eye disease.

In addition, he was appointed painting and drawing tutor for some talented young artists such as François Roffiaen,[4] Anna Boch or Euphrosine Beernaert (nl).

[5] Their son, Simon Gerlach Leopold Victor Kühnen (born 25 June 1836 in Aachen, died 21 October 1892 in Assenois-Habaru), was known as a worthy portrait painter.