Theodor Grosse was a German

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 historical painter. He was born at Dresden

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 and studied at the Dresden Academy under Bendemann.

Eduard Bendemann

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann was a German painter.-Biography:Bendemann was born in Berlin. His father, Anton Heinrich Bendemann, was a Jewish banker. His mother, Fanny Eleonore Bendemann née von Halle, was a daughter of the Jewish banker Joel Samuel von Halle...

  For his encaustic decorations in the castle of Count Solms Wildenfels on the Mulde, he was awarded the traveling scholarship of the Dresden Academy. After several years in Italy

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 Grosse returned to fresco the eastern loggia of the Leipzig Museum. In 1867 he was made professor

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at the Dresden Academy. His other works include:

• "Leda with the Swan" (1852, Dresden Academy)
• "Scenes from the Myth of Bacchus" (1877, foyer of the New Theatre, Dresden)
• "The Visit of the Three Angels to Abraham" (1863, Museum, Leipzig)
• "Arrival of the Souls in Purgatory" (1879, after Dante, Dresden Gallery)