Wilhelm Herbig

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Herbig (22 April 1788, Potsdam - 5 July 1861, Berlin) was a German painter and art professor.

He initially studied with Christoph Franz Hillner (1745–1812), a painter of portraits and religious scenes.

Most of his art lessons were, however, provided by his friend, Carl Kolbe, who had begun his artistic training while still a young boy.

[1] He continued to create paintings with military themes; including portraits of leaders he admired.

[1] He died at the age of seventy-four and was interred at the Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor [de], next to his wife.