He was born in
Düsseldorf. He studied in his native town under
Johann Peter von Langer, and in 1808 he accompanied his master to
Munich, where he entered the Academy. In 1815 he went to
Augsburg, where he was appointed professor and director of the school of art. Ten years later he became professor at the Munich Academy. He assisted
Peter von Cornelius in his frescoes at the
Glyptothek, and was also engaged on decorative work in the colonnades of the
Hofgarten, in the corridor of the
Alte Pinakothek, and in the dining-hall of the
Residenz. He died at Munich on 25 January 1869. The
Neue Pinakothek contains two of his pictures:
Cimabue finding Giotto sketching a Lamb and
Pilgrims to Loretto from the Roman Campagna. He painted a large number of portraits, among them those of Queen Hortense and of
King Max I of Bavaria, and etched and lithographed many views of
Rome. ==References==