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    Johann Peter Krafft (15 September 1780, Hanau - 28 October 1856, Vienna) was a German-born Austrian painter who specialized in portraits, historical works...
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    Napoleon's copy of the poems. Duqueylar, Girodet and Gérard, like Johann Peter Krafft (above) and most of the Barbus, were all pupils of David, and the...
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    Last stand and final charge from the fortress of Szigetvár (painting by Johann Peter Krafft, 1825)...
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    of Archduke Charles of Austria, modelled on a popular painting by Johann Peter Krafft, was inaugurated already in 1860. It was meant to glorify the Habsburg...
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    made a last stand against the massive army by forming a square around St. Peter's Basilica to give Pope Clement VII time to escape through secret tunnels...
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  • French photographer Johann Peter Krafft (1780–1856), German painter Karl Ernst Krafft (1900–1945), Swiss astrologer Katia and Maurice Krafft (1942–1991 and...
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  • (1857–1941) Rudolf Kortokraks (1928–2014) Barbara Krafft (1764–1825) Johann Peter Krafft (1780–1856) Johann Victor Krämer (1861–1949) Siegfried L. Kratochwil...
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    forward to give room for the supporting units to form up. The corps led by Johann von Hiller (VI), Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde (I) and Prince Friedrich of...
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    represented on a painted vase (circa 380–300 BC). Oedipe et Antigone by Johann Peter Krafft, 1809 Oedipus and Antigon by Franz Dietrich Oedipus and Antigone...
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    also dined with the renowned composer Joseph Haydn and his impresario Johann Peter Salomon after seeing several of their concerts at Hanover Square. It...
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