List of Famous people with last name Solly

Laurent Solly

First Name Laurent

Last Name Solly

Born on March 27, 1970 (age 56)

Born in France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Edward Solly

First Name Edward

Last Name Solly

Born on April 25, 1776

Died on December 2, 1844 (aged 68)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Edward Solly was an English merchant living in Berlin, who amassed an unprecedented collection of Italian Trecento and Quattrocento paintings and outstanding examples of Early Netherlandish painting, at a time when those schools were still largely unappreciated. In 1821 Solly sold his collection of about 3000 works to the Prussian king; 677 of them formed a core of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Solly acquired a second collection during his years in London after 1821. Solly is also credited for having undertaken a perilous journey to deliver the first news of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig to the English.

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