Jacob Asmus Carstens (1754-1798), a German/Danish painter (from Schleswig), considered the founder of the later school of German historical painting. On visits to Rome in 1783 and 1792 he was influenced by the painting of Giulio Romano. He produced some fine subject and historical paintings, e.g., Plato’s Symposium and the Battle of Rossbach. In 1795 a great exhibition of his works was held in Rome, where he died in 1798. Not until 1819 did a simple flat stone mark his grave and only in 1874 was the present monument completed.