Karl Friedrich Lessing
| Karl Friedrich Lessing | |
|---|---|
| Karl Friedrich Lessing in a photograph by the firm G. & A. Overbeck (c. 1868) | |
| Born | Karl Friedrich Lessing 15 February 1808 | 
| Died | 4 January 1880 (aged 71) | 
| Nationality | German | 
| Relatives | Christian Friedrich Lessing (brother) | 
Karl Friedrich Lessing, also known by Carl Friedrich Lessing (15 February 1808 – 4 January 1880), was a German historical and landscape painter, grandnephew of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and one of the main exponents of the Düsseldorf school of painting.