VEIT, fit. Pinuer A German historical painter, born in Berlin. First in structed by Friedrich Matthiii at the Dresden Academy, he continued his studies in Vienna until 1813, when he entered the German Army, and fought in the War of Liberation. In 1815 he went to Rome, where he identified him self with the Nazarites, painted in the Casa Bartholdi "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife" and "The Seven Years of Plenty" (both now in the National Gallery, Berlin), and in the Villa Alas s,imi the "Paradise" in the Dante room. Among his other works at Rome were the "Triumph of Religion," in the Museo Cbi:a•amont.i, Vatican, and the "Coronation of the Virgin," in Trinitil de' Monti. In 1830 he was appointed director of the Stiidel Institute at Frankfort. To this period belong "The Two Marys at the Sepul clu•e" (National Gallery, Berlin), the portraits of Charlemagne, Who the Great, Frederick II., and Henry VII., for the Romer, and the great triptych in fresco, "Introduction of the Arts into Germany through Christianity," with "Italia" and "Germania" ( 1836, Stiidel Insti tute). In 1834 Veit resigned his position and
settled at Sachsenhausen, whence, in 1853, he was called to Mainz as director of the Gallery. To this period belong the "Assumption" (1846, in the Liebfrauenkirche, Frankfort). "Repose in Egypt" and "tlagnificat" (1863, both in the Stiidel Institute, ib.), and the cartoons for a cycle from sacred history for the Cathedral at Mainz, subsequently executed by his pupils Sette gast, Lasinsky, and Karl Herrmann. Of his portraits, that of Noirlieu (Stiidel In stitute), and one of himself (.11ainz Gallery), are among the most noteworthy. His brother JOHANNES ( 1790-1854 ) was an historical painter of some note. Consult Spahr, Philipp Veit (Bielefeld, 1901).