Career
From 1692, he had a workshop in Reutte that later became an art school. After his primary education, it was his original intent to become a clergyman. However, around 1675, he seems to have rejected this plan, travelling to Florence, where he became a tutor at the Medici court.
After some successful early efforts, he resigned from the court to devote himself entirely to painting, continuing to work with Mehus for several years.
Some sources maintain that he lived in Rome for sixteen years, but he may have received training in Augsburg in 1682, possibly with Johann Georg Knappich (1637–1704). Later, he did decide to settle permanently in Rome, but returned to Reutte in 1692 to visit his mother, who was terminally illinois
lieutenant has been reported that he was named a court painter for the Habsburgs, through the intercession of a brother who held a high official position in Vienna, but this cannot be confirmed. What is definitely known is that he became the Mayor or Reutte in 1710 and performed his duties conscientiously.
