The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Rustige, Heinrich von

RUSTIGE, Heinrich von, a German painter, born at Werl, Westphalia, April 12, 1810. He studied under Schadow in Düsseldorf, was a teacher at the Städel institute in Frankfort, and in 1844 became professor at the school of art in Stuttgart. He paints historical and genre pictures, as “The Gueux Sermon,” “Raphael and the Fornarina,” “The Recovered Child,” “The Duke of Alva in the Castle of Rudolstadt,” “The Funeral of the Emperor Otho III.,” and “The Emperor Frederick II. and his Court at Palermo.” He has published poetry and dramas, including Attila and Ludwig der Baier, and a popular military song, Deutscher Marsch, set to music by Kücken.