The Siege (Defense of a Church Courtyard during the Thirty Years' War)
Karl Friedrich Lessing · 1848
Why it's great
Defenders hold out in a churchyard during the Thirty Years' War, with a stormy sky overhead. Carl Friedrich Lessing painted this dramatic scene in 1848.
🏛️ Part of history
The Thirty Years' War & the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648) — Defenders hold out in a churchyard during the Thirty Years' War, with a stormy sky overhead.
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Karl Friedrich Lessing was a German painter born in Breslau in 1808. He worked in Düsseldorf, where he painted dramatic scenes from the Reformation and medieval history, and later directed the art gallery in Karlsruhe. He died in Karlsruhe in 1880.
