Excerpt from Catalogue of the A. T. Stewart Collection of Paintings, Sculptures, and Other Objects of Art Born in Dusseldorf, 1830. Brought to America at an early age. In 1853 he returned to Dusseldorf and entered the Academy there; afterward he also studied in Rome, Switzerland, and Germany. Elected a member of the National Academy in 1860, and later appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, France. In 1867 he was sent to Europe Upon a government commission, to make studies for a painting of the Discovery of the North River by Hendrik Hudson. Several of his paintings are owned by the United States Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.