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Christoph Heinrich Kniep (1755 – 1825) was a German painter. He is renowned for accompanying Goethe in his Italian Journey to Naples Paestum and Sicily executing several drawings whilst there.Initially he worked as a portrait artist then in 1781 he traveled to Italy where he painted primarily vistas and landscapes. He met Goethe in Naples being introduced to him by common friend artist Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein.
