Chapter IV

LATE WORKS--CONCLUSION--THE PAINTER AND HIS ART.

Death of Son--Pictures: "The Pietà," in Lübeck; "The Incredulity of St. Thomas," in the possession of Mr. Beresford Hope--Death of Wife--"The Assumption of the Madonna," Cologne Cathedral--Second visit to Germany--Fête in Cologne--Return to Rome--Studio in Garden House on the Esquiline Hill--Cartoons and Water-colour Drawings, "The Via Crucis"--Cartoons and Tempera Drawings, "The Seven Sacraments"--Commissions from Pius IX., his Portrait, Picture for Quirinal Palace: the Pope's Visit to the Studio--Portraits of the Artist by various hands--Overbeck's mental habits: his extraordinary memory--Modes of Study and of Work--Form--Composition--Colour--The relation of his Art to nature, tradition, and personal character--Pecuniary rewards--Influence over the contemporary Schools of Europe--Closing scenes--Death and Burial 76

CHRONOLOGY 109

INDEX 111

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF OVERBECK _Frontispiece._

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THE HOLY FAMILY 2

THE NAMING OF ST. JOHN 18

CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE 24

CHRIST BLESSING LITTLE CHILDREN 28

THE CALLING OF ST. JAMES AND ST. JOHN 48

CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM 58

CHRIST HEALING THE SICK 70

CHRIST FALLING UNDER THE CROSS 76

THE ENTOMBMENT 86

THE RESURRECTION 94

THE CROSS MARKING OVERBECK'S TOMB _Finis._

Chart of the Overbeck Family.

CASPAR OVERBECK,
Merchant, Religious Refugee.
|
CHRISTOPH OVERBECK, Pastor.
|
CASPAR NIKOLAS OVERBECK, D. 1752, Pastor.
|
Total number of Children 8 sons and 6 daughters:
2 sons and 4 daughters died in childhood.
____________________________________________|_______________________________________
| | | | | | |
Johann Levin GEORGE CHRISTIAN OVERBECK, Johann Gottfried August Two
Adolph, Conrad, B. 1713, D. 1786, Daniel, Ferdinand, Friedrich, Daughters
B. 1706, B. 1712, Doctor of Laws. B. 1715, B. 1717, B. 1719, who grew to
Pastor. Pastor. | D. 1802, Apothecary. School womanhood.
| Doctor of Teacher.
| Theology, &c.
_____________________|_________________________________________________
| | |
Conrad, CHRISTIAN ADOLPH OVERBECK, Johann George,
Died at Riga, B. 1755, M. 1781, D. 1821. D. 1819,
Merchant. Doctor of Laws, Syndic, Bürgermeister of Lübeck, &c. Pastor.
|
4 sons and 2 daughters: one son died in childhood.
_________________________________|________________________________________
| | | | |
Christian Gerhard, Johannes, JOHANN FRIEDRICH OVERBECK, Frau Charlotte Frau Elizabeth
B. 1784, D. 1846, D. 1830, B. in Lübeck 1789, M. 1819, Leithoff, Meyer,
Judge, Lübeck. Merchant. D. in Rome 1869 deceased. deceased.
| | The Painter |
Christian Theodore, | | Frau Harms,
B. 1818, D. 1880, | | Lübeck,
Doctor, Senator; | |__________________ living.
left no children. | | |
_____________________|_________________ ____|_________________
| | | | | |
Johannes, Gustav, Arnold, Frau Rath ALFONS MARIA, Daughter of the
Professor, Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Reuleaux, Son of the Painter, Painter: died
Doctor, living. living. Berlin, B. 1822, D. 1840. in childhood.
Archæologist, living.
Leipzig,
living.

OVERBECK.