1788, Wildenfels — 1868, Munich

German painter, portraitist, author of history and religious compositions. Studied under his father, the famous painter Chriatian Vogel (1759–1816). Graduated from the Königliche Akademie der Künste in Dresden. Worked in Derpt (1807), Russia (1808–1812). Lived in St Petersburg, Bolshaya Morskaya street, prince Grigory Gagarin’s house (from December 1808). Lived in Rome (from 1812 till 1820), in Dresden (from 1820). Professor at Königliche Akademie der Künste in Dresden. Awarded the title of honourary free member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (27 September 1833).