Johann Jakob Schlesinger, 1792 Worms-1855 Berlin, well-known...

Johann Jakob Schlesinger, 1792 Worms-1855 Berlin, well-known Palatinate painter, first learned from his father Johan Adam S. (1759- 1829) a. with uncle Johann S. (1768-1840), further training at the universities of Heidelberg, Mannheim a. Munich, from 1822 Prof. u. General restorer at the Royal Museums in Berlin, here: portrait of Saladin Klein, oil / canvas, signed on the reverse: Joh .: Schlesinger pinx. 1819, and inscribed: Saladin Klein aged 71, Saladin Klein was a military doctor a. Entrepreneur u. around 1790 to 1830 one of the richest men in the Palatinate, he bought a.o. the former triple forge and converted it into a copper hammer (copper mill), born in 1749. Saladin Klein is still considered a benefactor of the city of Lambrecht u. of the Elmsteiner valley, was also socially committed u. protected the Palatinate against France in times of war