
Franz von LenbachDeutschland, 1836–1904Darf man es sehen?
Sankt Petersburg, Russland
Es gehört zur Sammlung, ist derzeit aber nicht ausgestellt.
1890s
Painting almost entirely from photographs
By the 1890s Lenbach paints almost entirely from photographs, a common practice at the time, but, trying to earn enough, he begins to work too fast.
1895
Scandal over an assistant
In 1895 a major scandal erupts: one of his assistants took unfinished paintings and sketches, had students fill in the details and passed them off as Lenbach's work.
1896
Divorce and second marriage
Lenbach and Magdalena divorce over suspicions of infidelity with her doctor, Ernst Schweninger, whom she did in fact later marry; Lenbach remarries, to Charlotte von Hornstein, daughter of the composer Robert von Hornstein.
Oktober 1896
Married: Charlotte von Hornstein zu Hohenstoffeln