XKH149280 Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), 1879 (oil on canvas) by Lenbach, Franz Seraph von (1836-1904); 140x103 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; (add.info.: fought for unification of Germany; Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg. Born von Bismarck-Sch繹nhausen; F羹rst von Bismarck, Herzog zu Lauenburg, conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890; he formed the German Empire in 1871, unifying Germany with himself as Imperial Chancellor); German, out of copyright.