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HANS (mäkärt), an Austrian painter; born in Salzburg, Austria, May 28, 1840; studied at Vienna and at Munich, where he became the best pupil prophesied probably between 430 and ap of Piloty; visited Italy in 1869, and Egypt in 1876. His large picture, "Venice Doing Homage to Catharine Corporary of Sophocles (496-405) Eurip naro," was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, in 1876.
Among his other works are "Roman Ruins," "The Plague at Florence," "Cleopatra," "Entrance of Charles V. into Antwerp." He also painted many scenes from Shakespeare. He died in Vienna, Oct. 3, 1884.