Fight of Pigtails with Artists & Scholars Under the Protection of Minerva. Det.
19th c German Romantic Realist Painting

Wilhelm von KAULBACH (Arolsen, Oct 15 1805 - April 7 1874, Munich)
c. 1841-1850
19th c
Oil on canvas
Romantic Realist
Preparatory study
Munich. Germany.
Munich. Neue Pinakothek.
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In German 'Zopf und Perucke' (Pigtail and Periwig) was a pejorative term for the late Rococo. The painting is one of 19 designs for murals commissioned by Ludwig I to decorate the exterior of his Munich museum the Neue Pinakothek. The large-scale exterior frescoes glorified Ludwig for his patronage and artistic policy.