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Pen, black ink and watercolor on paper; Sheet: 327 x 487 mm; Image: 240 x 354 mm Leo von Klenze was a German architect, painter and writer. In addition to Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), he is regarded as the most important architect of classicism. At the age of 16, Klenze began studying architecture in Berlin and was a pupil of Aloys Hirt (1759-1837). In 1806 he made his first Grand Tour to Italy, which was to be followed by many more. In 1808 Klenze became court architect of King Jérôme Bonaparte in Kassel. In 1815 he was hired by Maximilian I Joseph King of Bavaria as his private architect and moved with his family to Munich. There he built numerous buildings over decades, which still shape the cityscape today. In 1810, Maximilian commissioned the German architect Carl von Fischer (1782-1820) with the construction of the new National Theater in Munich. On October 12, 1818, the house was opened and only a few years later, on January 14, 1823, a fire destroyed the whole bui |