Education
He studied art in Berlin under Busch, and under Nicolas Larmessin in Paris.
He studied art in Berlin under Busch, and under Nicolas Larmessin in Paris.
In 1744 he was appointed engraver to Frederick II in Berlin, and in 1757 he was summoned to Saint St. Petersburg by the Empress Elizabeth to engrave her portrait and to organize a school of engraving. His engravings and etchings in the style of Rembrandt rank with the best work of the eighteenth century in Germany.
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.