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 554 Painting Other prominent members of the Munich School are — Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794—1872), who first studied in the Academy at Vienna, and then went to Rome, where he found the newly-established school of Overbeck. His principal works there were the Marriage at Cana, and scenes from ' Orlando Furioso,' in the Villa Massimo. Called to Munich by King Ludwig, he exe- cuted for him the celebrated frescoes of scenes from the 1 Nibelungenslied ; ' and the histories of Charlemagne, Frederic Barbarossa, and Rudolf of Hapsburg, in encaustic. In England he is chiefly known by his widely-circulated Bible illustrations. He was a Professor in the Aca- demy, and Director of the Royal Museum, at Dresden, and there founded a school which produced many good painters. Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1788—1862), a pupil of Cornelius, was for some time Director of the Academy at Diisseldorf, and is more famous as an instructor than as a painter. He numbers amongst his pupils Hildebrandt, Sohn and Lessing. In the Stadel Institute, Frankfort, is The Wise and Foolish Virgins, by him. His pupil — Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808 — 1880) accompanied his master in 1827 to Diisseldorf, where he soon became known by his historic pictures and his landscapes. Most of the painters of the revival of art in Germany were Roman Catholic. The works of Lessing, on the other hand, evince a strong Protestant feeling. His best historic pictures are scenes from the History of Huss. His Oaks of a Thousand Years is well-known in Germany. Peter von Hess (1792 — 1871), who is chiefly famous for his battle-pieces, of which the best are the Entrance of King Otho into Nawplin ; the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube ; and