August Riedel

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, with Robert von Langer [de], then went to Dresden, where he was able to copy works by the Old Masters.

In 1823, he was able to visit Italy, where he met many of the German artists associated with the Nazarene movement.

After three more years in Munich, he settled permanently in Rome; although he travelled extensively and would occasionally return to Germany to fulfill commissions.

Although he enjoyed great financial success, receiving commissions from members of the German and Italian nobilities, as well as the Kingdom of Bavaria, he outlived his style and came to be seen as old-fashioned as critical tastes turned to Realism.

He was a professor at Accademia di San Luca until his death at age eighty-three and was interred at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.