(CIVIL WAR) Nefflen Paul Thirty Years of War and Civil War

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(CIVIL WAR.) Nefflen, Paul. Thirty Years of War and Civil War. Ink and wash on paper, 20 x 28 inches; dampstaining, a few small chips and tears in image area with slight loss to signature, laid down on board. Np, 1867

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An unusual composition juxtaposing the Thirty Years' War, which ravaged Europe in the 17th century, with the recently concluded American Civil War. The foreground scene depicts dozens of dead and dying soldiers, one of them holding aloft an American flag on a hilltop. Arrayed in the heavens above them are hundreds of armored soldiers bearing pikes and swords. One soldier bears the imperial banner of the Holy Roman Empire, while two angels exhort the troops. The artist Paul Herman Nefflen (1833-1894) emigrated from Württemberg in 1854 and lived in several American cities, mostly New York. He was in Boston during the war years, and appears in the 1870 directory for Syracuse, NY. This may be a study for a large mural project; Nefflen has been called the first mural painter in America.