Ludwig des Coudres was a German historical, portrait, and genre painter.

He was born at Cassel

Kassel

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 in 1820, and pursued his first studies under J. von Schnorr

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German painter.-Biography:Schnorr was born at Leipzig, where he received his earliest instruction from his father Johann Veit Schnorr , a draughtsman, engraver and painter...

, at the Academy of Munich

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

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. He travelled in Italy in 1844-5, and placed himself in 1848-9 under Karl Sohn

Karl Ferdinand Sohn

Karl Ferdinand Sohn was a German painter of the Düsseldorf school.He was born in Berlin and studied there under Wilhelm von Schadow, whom he followed to Düsseldorf. He treated principally mythical and poetic subjects of a highly romantic character, and painted in the mechanically idealistic manner...

 at Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

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, where for a time he settled, but in 1855 he was appointed professor in the School of Arts at Carlsruhe, in which city he died in 1878.

Notable works include;

• Francesca da Rimini. 1850.
• The Weeping Magdalen. 1852.
• The Lamentation before the Burial (Carlsruhe Gallery
  Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
  The Staatliche Kunsthalle is an art museum in Karlsruhe, Germany.The museum, created by architect Heinrich Hübsch, opened in 1846 after nine years of work in a neoclassical building next to the Karlsruhe Castle and the Karlsruhe Botanical Garden...
  
  ). 1855.
• The Adoration of the Shepherds (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1857
• The Holy Women before the Cross (in St. Nicholas, Hamburg
  St. Nikolai, Hamburg
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  ). 1863.
• Iphigeneia (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1865.
• Under the Red Cross. 1872.
• Psyche and Pan.
• Happy Existence — a child's picture.