Leopold Pollak

b. 1806 — d. 1880

Leopold Pollak (1806 -1880), son of a Jewish merchant who showed an early talent for painting. In 1819, he enrolled at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied for five years. Pushed by his parents, he moved to Rome in 1831 where he completed his artistic training, attending the studio of the painter Leopold Schutz.