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Johann Moritz Rugendas

Bavarian1802–1858

Portrait of Johann Moritz Rugendas

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Johann Moritz Rugendas was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin America." He was influenced by Alexander von Humboldt.

Notable works

Works in the collection

16 works

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