Career
Little is known about his early life. He apparently received his artistic training in Italy. In 1693, he became a Leutnant in the service of Duke Rudolf Augustus of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, but appears to have served primarily as a court painter.
His only known military activity came during a campaign against Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1702.
That same year, he received an official appointment as "Fürstlichen Kunstund Porträtmaler". A portrait of the Tsarevich Alexei, who had married Princess Charlotte, is one of his few portrayals of people outside the direct family lineage.
His best-known painting, however, is of the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who was attached to the court in Braunschweig. lieutenant is currently in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.
