Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel

He is recorded as painting by 1788[2] and eventually left the military to begin studying art, first in Berlin then, in 1805, in Dresden.

He spent some time studying under Josef Grassi of the Dresden Academy and soon made a name for himself by painting portrait miniatures.

[3][4] One of his portraits, known from an oval engraving by C. Bolt, was of Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

[5] Schreuel would also copy works held at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden.

[7][8] Schreuel is believed to have painted the portrait of the Javanese artist Raden Saleh, who was then studying in Europe, that is now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.