A Cologne native worthy of memory, Wilhelm Kleinenbroich, 1849

After the death of the popular cologne doctor for the poor and labor leader andreas gottschalck, his friend heinrich hölscher wanted to publish a small brochure about gottschalck, but discovered that there was no suitable portrait of the honored man. He therefore asked his comrade-in-arms and painter wilhelm kleinenbroich (cologne 1814 - 1895 ibid. ) to paint "the dear deceased based on. Drawings and from memory in oil. " "only one opinion on how successful his painting was: without kleinenbroich's work, the portrait would have been useless. ". Object Type: painting. Date: 1849. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Cologne’s Municipal Museum. Andreas Gottschalck Ein des Andenkens würdiger Kölner