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Portrait of Bismark
Carl Bersch (German | American, 1834-1914)ca. 1860
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Bersch was born in Zweibrücken, Germany, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He came to the United States in 1860, living and working in Memphis, TN, Washington, DC (where he worked in Matthew Brady's photography studio), and Baltimore, Maryland.
Otto von Bismarck, was the most prominent European diplomat of the 19th century, responsible for the unification of the German states under Prussian rule.
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- Title: Portrait of Bismark
- Creator: Carl Bersch (German | American, 1834-1914)
- Date Created: ca. 1860
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Carl Bersch (German | American, 1834-1914)
- Provenance: Gerda Fischer Vey, Annapolis [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1977, by bequest.
- Object Type: paintings; portraits
- Medium: oil on cardboard
- Credit Line: Bequest of Gerda Fischer Vey, 1977
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.254
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