Heinrich Ambros Eckert (16 October 1807 – 10 February 1840) was a German painter of battle-pieces. He was born at

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in the

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(now

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), and was at first instructed by Carl Caspar Fesel (1775-1846). In 1825 he attended the academy at

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, and afterwards visited the

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and France. Between 1835 and 1840, in conjunction with Monten and Schelver, he published a work upon the

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, with two hundred coloured lithographic plates; and another illustrating the return of the Russian troops to their homes. He died at Munich in 1840, while engaged upon a picture of the great review near that city before the Emperor of Russia. Besides genre subjects and battle-pieces he painted marine views.

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* 1807 births 1840 deaths Painters from Würzburg People from the Grand Duchy of Würzburg German male painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub

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