Leo von Klenze

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Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784, Buchladen (Bockelah / Bocla) near Schladen – 26 January 1864, Munich) was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I, Leo von Klenze was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek revival style.

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Leo von Klenze (1856)
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Ruhmeshalle in Munich
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Von Klenze's grave in Munich
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The New Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia, was one of the first museums designed in 1838 by von Klenze specifically to house art collections (1905).
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Painting of an idealized reconstruction of the Acropolis and Areios Pagos in Athens, by von Klenze (1846).