Lorenzo Quaglio the Younger (19 December 1793 – 15 March 1869) was a

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and lithographer, born in

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to the long

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pedigree of

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Life

Quaglio studied under his father Joseph Quaglio and his brother Angelo Quaglio. He then went on to study at the Akademie München. He spent a few years, until 1812, working as a decorator of the court and national theaters in Munich. He spent time traveling through the Bavarian and Tirolian

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. In 1812 his first

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appeared, a study of nature. In 1820 he made a study of Bavarian folk costume. After 1834 he worked in

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. He died in Munich and is buried in the southern cemetery.

Works

Quaglio created the following works: * ''Im Dorf Kochel'' 1848 * ''Bauernbursche, am Eibsee bey Garmisch'' 1830 * ''Sennbube von der Hochalpe bey Garmisch'' 1830 * ''Hüterbub mit Krax´n, bey Garmisch'' 1830 * ''Die Alpe Hammersbach mit dem Waxenstein bey Garmisch'' 1830 * ''Buckelwiesen in Krün bey Partenkirchen'' 1830 * ''Alm am Eibsee bey Grainau'' 1831 * ''Lermos in Tyrol'' 1837 * ''Wirtin in Lermoos'' 1839 * ''Auf dem Weg nach Mittenwald'' 1839 * ''View of Frankfurt'' 1831 at

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Gallery in Frankfurt Campe wrote of him in 1833 the following:

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* 1793 births 1869 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century Italian male artists German male painters German genre painters 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) {{Germany-artist-stub