[Born at Cologne, 1775. Still living.]
A man to whom, as to his brother, Germany is indebted for one of its
most interesting and valued picture galleries. The two brothers, and a
friend named Bertram, in 1803, formed a resolution to collect the
artistic antiquities of Germany, and for years all three pursued their
object with the utmost vigour, intelligence, and zeal. In 1814 “The
Boisserée Collection” already reckoned 200 works of art, and was
arranged at Cologne. It was ultimately transferred to Stuttgart, on the
invitation of the King of Wurtemburg. Many valuable masterpieces of old
masters were thus brought to light. In 1827, the collection was ceded to
Louis, King of Bavaria, for 120,000 dollars, and in 1836 conveyed to
Munich, in which city Sulpitz and his brother established themselves. A
writer upon the “Architectural Monuments of the Lower Rhine,” and an
indefatigable, as well as a successful, day labourer in the field of his
early and later discoveries.
[Bust. Plaster. By L. Schwanthaler. 1840. The original is in the
Palace at Munich.]