Brief Biography-Wilhelm von Kobell was born at Mannheim in 1766. His father, Ferdinand, was a landscape artist who originally tutored him. He subsequently studied in Düsseldorf and came under the influence of Philips Wouwerman. After visiting Rome, he was made a court painter at Mannheim and, in 1808, became a professor at the Munich Academy. His later works were mainly battle scenes with a strong Dutch influence, and he made several aquatint engravings after Jacob van Ruisdael, Nicolaes Berchem and other Dutch painters. Kobell died in Munich in 1855.