David Dalhoff Neal

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David Dalhoff Neal (October 20, 1838May 2, 1915), American artist, was born at Lowell, Massachusetts.

He was a pupil of the Royal Academy, Munich, under Max Emanuel Ainmiller, whose daughter he subsequently married. Later he entered the studio of Piloty, with whom he remained from 1869 to 1876. His picture, "The First Meeting of Mary Stuart and Rizzio," won for him the great medal of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Art.

Besides portraits his canvases include "James Watt," a large historical composition shown at the Royal Academy, 1874, "Chapel of the Kings at Westminster" (collection of F Cutting, Boston) and "Cromwell visiting Milton" (Hurlbut collection, Cleveland, Ohio).

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