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Portrait of Ludwig I is an 1826 portrait painting by the German artist Joseph Karl Stieler. It depicts Ludwig I of Bavaria in his coronation robes. [1] Stieler had been court painter in the Bavarian capital Munich since 1820. In 1823 he had painted the Portrait of Amalie Auguste of Bavaria featuring Ludwig's younger sister. [2]
Fresco by Peter von Cornelius Aerial view of the mosaic roof. The Ludwigskirche is situated in the northern part of the Ludwigstrasse and was built by the architect Friedrich von Gärtner from 1829 onward (completed 1844). The patron was King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Colorful frescoes and stuccos made by distinguished artists such as Peter von Cornelius, Clemens von Zimmermann, and Wilhelm von Kaulbach adorned the walls of the museum. Glyptothek, interior 1900. In the few years between 1806 and the opening of the museum in 1830, Ludwig completed a notable collection of Greek and Roman sculpture.
Gallery of Beauties The Nymphenburg Palace seen from its park. The Gallery of Beauties (German: Schönheitengalerie) is a collection of 38 portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and bourgeoisie of Munich, Germany, gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of his Nymphenburg Palace. [1]
Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (left) with his parents and his younger brother, Prince Otto, 1860. Born at Nymphenburg Palace, [5] which is located in what is today part of central Munich, he was the elder son of Maximilian II of Bavaria and Marie of Prussia, Crown Prince and Princess of Bavaria, who became King and Queen in 1848 after the abdication of the former's father, Ludwig I, during ...
Ludwig I of Bavaria, a monument in the Walhalla. Because of King Ludwig's philhellenism, the German name for Bavaria today is spelled "Bayern" instead of "Baiern", while the German dialect spoken there has retained its original spelling "Bairisch"—note the I versus the Greek-derived Y. Ludwig was an eccentric and notoriously bad poet.
The collection of Neo-classical art of the 19th Century is also strongly influenced by works that once belonged to the Wittelsbach family. Thus, from the estate of Maximilian's father King Ludwig I are magnificent presents of Napoleon Bonaparte which arrived at the Museum, a result of the strong connection between France and Bavaria. Of special ...
Among his own compositions are the frescoes for Wolfram's "Parzival" in the Königsbau of Munich Residenz, the ceiling painting in the Protestant church showing the Ascension of Christ and a painting in the Hofgarten arcades showing emperor Ludwig of Bavaria's victory at Ampfing.