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Karl (Ludwig Friedrich) Becker (18 December 1820 in Berlin – 20 December 1900 in Berlin) was a German history painter and president of the Berlin Academy.He was a pupil of August von Klöber Peter von Cornelius and Heinrich Maria von Hess and afterwards studied a year in Paris two years in Rome and visited Venice. He first attained success with subjects of the Venetian Renaissance.