Legacy
A picture of him could be seen on the former 50-DM note together with the famous staircase located in the Residence of Würzburg. Neumann was also depicted by Tiepolo in his frescoes for the Residence, in pseudo-military uniform, leaning over a cannon. He had boasted that the ceiling was so well constructed that not even the roar of cannon would make the roof fall.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)