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Friedrich-Preller-Gedenktafel mit Goethe-Porträt

Friedrich Preller Plaque with Portrait of Goethe

Eisenach 1804 - Weimar 1878
German landscape painter and etcher
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
date?

Eisenach / Friedrich-Preller-Gedenktafel mit Goethe-Porträt

Description

Metal plaque with Preller's portrait 'Goethe auf dem Totenbett' (Goethe on the deathbed).

Inscription(s)

Hier stand das Geburtshaus von
Friedrich Preller
(1804-1878)
Landschaftsmaler
Leiter der Weimarer Zeichenakademie
Er war ein Schützling Goethes und wurde
von ihm gefördert.

Letztes Bildnis Goethes von Preller

Here stood the birthplace of
Friedrich Preller
(1804-1878)
Landscape painter
Head of the Weimar Drawing Academy
He was a protege of Goethe and was
promoted by him.

Last portrait of Goethe by Preller

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Location (N 50°58'29" - E 10°19'14")

Item Code: deth079; Photograph: 10 October 2018
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