Eybl was born in the Viennese suburb of Gumpendorf at Große Steingasse 136 (today Stumpergasse 55).

Between 1820 and 1823 he studied under Johann Baptist von Lampi and Franz Caucig, reproducing antique statues and casts.

Until 1828 he studied history painting under Johann Peter Krafft and much of his work shows this.

[2] Eybl died at his official residence in Belvedere and buried at Vienna's famous Zentralfriedhof where notable figures such as Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert are interred.

Eybl made over 400 lithographic portraits and is comparable with the prolific Josef Kriehuber in this aspect.