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son of a glazier. He studied at the progressive Copenhagen Academy between 1805 and 1808, where he adapted the visual clarity of the contemporary Danish school and was awarded a silver medal in draughtsmanship. Kersting moved to Dresden in 1808, joining the Lützow Free Corps--a voluntary force of the Prussian Army--in 1813. He moved to Poland in 1814 to work as a drawing

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