Background
Ziegler was born in 1804 in Langres, Haute-Marne.
Ziegler was born in 1804 in Langres, Haute-Marne.
He was appointed knight of the Légion d"Honneur in 1825. He was the pupil of Dominique Ingres and began to participate exhibitions at the Salon in 1832. The half-dome above the altar in the Église de la Madeleine is frescoed by Jules-Claude Ziegler.