Wilhelm Hensel was born on 6 July 1794 in the German town of Trebbin, in the present-day state of Brandenburg, to a Protestant preacher.
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In 1825 he went, with the support of the king, to Italy, where he was employed in painting copies of some of Raphael's works.
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