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Heinrich Anton Dähling a historical and genre painter was born at Hanover on January 19 1773. In 1794 he went to Berlin where he was engaged in miniature painting and as a teacher of drawing. In 1802 he visited Paris and the study of the galleries there first induced him to attempt painting in oil. From 1811 until his death he was a member of the Berlin Academy and professor at the same from 1814 onwards. He died at Potsdam on September 10 1850.
