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Joachim von Sandrart ( May 12 , 1606 - October 14 , 1688 ), German art-historian and Painter , was born in Frankfort .

After studying in Germany, Holland and England , he journeyed in 1627 to Italy , where he became famous as a portrait-painter. He subsequently revisited Holland and then settled in Nuremberg , where he lived out the remainder of his life. His 1649 painting ''Peace-Banquet'' now sits in Nuremberg's town hall.

He is best known as an author of books on art, some of them in Latin , and especially for his historical work, the ''Deutsche Akademie'' (1675-1679), of which there is a more recent edition by Sponsel (1896).


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