Friedrich von Olivier

All three received their first art lessons from Carl Wilhelm Kolbe and Christian Haldenwang.

[1] Following campaigns in the Netherlands and France, he was apparently awarded the Order of Saint Anna, third class, but it remains unclear when (or even if) he was granted a title of nobility.

In Florence, they made the acquaintance of Baron Carl Friedrich von Rumohr, a notable patron of the arts.

He also spent some time in Munich, assisting Carolsfeld with a large fresco project depicting scenes from the Nibelungenlied at one of King Ludwig's royal residences.

After his brother Heinrich's death in 1848, he left his wife and seven children to return to Dessau and take care of his sister.