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Karl von Piloty (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Karl von Piloty (October 1, 1826 - July 21, 1886), German painter, was born at Munich. |
 | | Among other well-known works by Piloty are the "Battle of the White Mountain near Prague," "Nero Dancing upon the Ruins of Rome" (1861), "Godfrey of Bouillon on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land" (1861), "Galileo in Prison" (1864), and "The Death of Alexander the Great" (unfinished), his last great work. |
 | | Piloty was the foremost representative of the realistic school in Germany. |
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