Wilhelm HENSEL

Portrait in pencil of Count Gustav Adolf Wilhelm of Ingenheim (1789-1855).
Drawing by Wilhelm Hensel, Prussian portraitist, during his trip to Rome between 1823 and 1828. Strongly influenced by Italian painting, Hensel copied Raphael's works extensively during his stay in Rome and also painted portraits of the European aristocracy residing in Rome.
Son of William II of Prussia, the Count of Ingenheim was a great lover of art and an avid collector. He stayed several times in Italy between 1822 and 1833 and took part in the acquisition of Italian works of art for the Royal Museum of Berlin (today Altes Museum ) which was born under the reign of his half-brot

Original portrait in pencil of Henry of Prussia (1781-1846), signed WW , 1824, Rome
Drawing by Wilhelm Hensel, Prussian portrait painter, during his trip to Rome between 1823 and 1828. Strongly influenced by Italian painting, Hensel copied Raphael's works extensively during his stay in Rome and also painted portraits of the European aristocracy residing in Rome.
Prince Henry of Prussia (Heinrich Friedrich Karl), son of King William II of Prussia, was born in December 1781 and died in November 1846. General of the army at the time of the Quadruple Alliance against Napoleon, he lives in Berlin after The peace of 1814. Fragile health, he obtains from his brot

Original pencil drawing, signed with the monogram WH and inscribed "Roma, 1825".
Portrait of a young aristocrat by Wilhelm Hensel, Prussian portrait painter, during his trip to Rome between 1823 and 1828.
Strongly influenced by Italian painting, Hensel copied Raphael's works extensively during his stay in Rome and had also painted a portrait of Henry of Prussia the year before. The "city of seven hills" was a place of convergence between the young aristocrats who made the Grand Tour and the artists who lived or trained in Rome and portrayed the young people on their journey.