He studied at the
Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, then spent five years at the
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he became a student of
Schadow. He spent two more years in Düsseldorf, and later traveled in Italy (1845–47), England,
The Netherlands, and
Belgium and in the last country fell under the influence of the colorists
Louis Gallait and
Édouard De Bièfve. In 1851, he became a professor at the Berlin Academy. before
Ahasuerus; 1856) ==Works==