'''Philipp Veit''' (1793—1877) was a German Romantic painter. He was the son of Simon Veit and his wife Dorothea, daughter of Moses Mendelssohn, who subsequently left him to marry Friedrich Schlegel.

Veit was born in Berlin. He received his first art education in Dresden and Vienna. He was strongly influenced by, and joined, the Nazarene movement in Rome, wh...(continue reading)