[Born at Leipzig, 1790. Still living.]
The son of a painter. Intended for a dyer,--he devoted himself to the
study of chemistry; but, widening his sphere, applied himself to
medicine, and, subsequently, to anatomy. In 1811, appointed to the Chair
of Comparative Anatomy in Leipzig; and, in 1815, to the Directorship of
Clinical Midwifery, at the Medico-Surgical Academy of Dresden. Has
acquired great reputation by his lectures on Psychology. Also a painter
of considerable talent, and the author of numerous works on Medicine,
and upon Art. His Letters on Landscape-painting are valuable to artists;
their merit was recognised by Goethe. No less important is his book on
the “Proportions of the Human Body,”--just published. In him severe
science and beautiful art--a rare union--are happily combined.
[By Ernst Rietschel. Plaster. 1846. In the possession of the
sculptor.]