Adolf Eybel

Portrait of a man dressed as a monk

Adolf Eybel (1808–1882), a German painter of historical and genre subjects and of portraits, was born at Berlin. He studied at the Berlin Academy, and under Professor Kolbe, as well as in Paris under Delaroche. One of his most noted pictures represents Richard Coeur-de-Lion with his Court listening to Blondel's Song. He died at Berlin in 1882. The following works by him may also be mentioned:

• A Gleaner.
• The Battle of Fehrbellin.
• Scene from Sir Walter Scott's Woodstock.
• Scene from Faust.
• A Wine Party.

See also

• List of German painters

References

This article incorporates text from the article "EYBEL, Adolf" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.