Heinrich SpiessHeinrich Spiess was a German painter.BiographyHe was the son of an engraver, completed his studies under Wilhelm [von Kaulbach|Kaulbach], whom he assisted in his cartoon of “The Crusaders,” and executed a celebrated copy of his “Angel carrying a Dead Child to Heaven.” In 1855 he was employed by Kaulbach in decorating the Wartburg. In 1856 he obtained a prize for his “Jacob Wrestling with the Angel,” and in 1861-62 he painted for the museum of Munich the great frescoes relating to the pilgrimage of Duke Henry the Lion to Jerusalem, and to his quelling the disturbances at St. [Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's] at the coronation of the emperor [Frederick I].