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'Joachim von Sandrart' (May 12, 1606 - October 14, 1688) was a German art-historian and painter.

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Biography

von Sanrart was born in Frankfurt.
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).
He published the German artist Mathis Gothart's first biographical study, and in the process of doing so bestowed on the artist the incorrect name ''Grünewald'', by which he is now popularly known.

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