作为肖像画家，他是成功的在早期的年龄。他曾在维也纳学院，当他几乎没有获得他的多数赢得了其四大奖项。在1818-1819，他加入了伯爵匈牙利Szecheni在参观土耳其和希腊。1820年，他去了意大利，在佛罗伦萨和罗马产生了一些从作品的圣经和历史题材。一年的时光后巴黎，他于1827年，致力在那里他的注意力回到了维也纳缩影和历史画，是在教授学院 1829年至1850年。
As a portrait painter, he was successful at an early age. He studied at the Vienna Academy, and when he had hardly attained his majority won its four leading prizes. In 1818-1819, he joined Count Szecheni of Hungary on a tour of Turkey and Greece. In 1820, he went to Italy, and in Florence andRome produced a number of works from Biblical and historical subjects. After spending a year in Paris, he returned to Vienna in 1827, where devoted his attention to miniature and historical paintings, being professor at the Academy from 1829 to 1850.