“ After practicing painting scenery with rare skill in Munich from 1808 to 1819, he studied under Mettenleiter and Karl Hess and traveled extensively in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Italy to study and paint the most remarkable monuments of mediæval architecture. ”

“ He left four sons, all born in Munich and his pupils.—Angelo (1778-1815) , painter and architect, is remembered especially for his masterly drawings for Boisserée's publication on the Cathedral of Cologne. Of his easel pictures, an “Interior of Saint Peter's in Rome,” and a “Gothic Church by Moonlight,” are in the New Pinakothek.—Domenico (1787-1837) , architectural and landscape painter, was the most illustrious member of the family. ”