Wilhelm von Kügelgen

German · 1802–1867 · Painter, Draughtsman

Wilhelm Georg Alexander von Kügelgen was a German portrait and history painter, writer, and chamberlain at the court of Anhalt-Bernburg. He is best known for his posthumously… (Wikipedia)

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Wilhelm Georg Alexander von Kügelgen was a German portrait and history painter, writer, and chamberlain at the court of Anhalt-Bernburg. He is best known for his posthumously published memoirs, which have gone through many editions from 17 different publishers.

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Born 1802, Saint PetersburgDied 1867, BallenstedtOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q288186 ↗ULAN 500030764 ↗Museum works 7

Also known as Wilhelm Georg Alexander von Kügelgen, Wilhelm van kugelgen

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, Portrait of a Young Man — **Portrait of a Young Man**mid-19th century · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown-gray paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, the Elisha …

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, Agnes von Felsen — **Agnes von Felsen**c. 1822 · graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, Untitled — **Untitled**
Bavarian State Painting Collections ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bavarian State Painting Collections

Wilhelm von Kügelgen, Portrait of Ludwig Richter — **Portrait of Ludwig Richter**1836
Dresden City Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Dresden City Museum

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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