Philipp Veit

Germania, by Philipp Veit

Bildnis der Freifrau von Bernus, by Philipp Veit

Philipp Veit (13 February 1793 – 18 December 1877) was a German Romantic painter. One of Veit's most important paintings was Germania in 1848.

Biography

Veit was born in Berlin, Prussia. He was the son of a banker Simon Veit

Veitself
The Empyreum and Figures of the Celestial Spheres of Paradiso after Dante's Divine Comedy, Casino Massimo, Rome, fresco, 1817–1827
Paradiso, Canto III: Dante and Beatrice speak to Piccarda and Constance of Sicily, detail, Casino Massimo, Rome, fresco, 1817–1827
Franz Ludwig Catel, Crown Prince Ludwig in the Spanish Tavern in Rome, 1824
Immaculate conception, 1830, oil on canvas, Santa Trinità dei Monti, Rome
Allegory of Religion, 1819, oil on canvas, Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Germania, 1836
Allegory of Russia, 1840s, oil on canvas, 121 x 91 cm, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Maria von Mörl (1812–1868)