He was born in Berlin. He studied engraving first under
Ludwig Buchhorn at the
Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, and then went to Paris in 1827, with a grant from the government, where he received instruction from
François Forster, then to
Parma where he studied for three years under
Paolo Toschi. He subsequently visited Florence, Rome, Naples, Venice, and Milan. On his return in 1833 he became a drawing master in the Prussian academy. He died in Berlin in 1877. ==Work==