[Born at Leipzig, 1790. Still living.] The son of a painter. Intended for a dyer,--he devoted himself to the study of chemistry; but, widening his sphere, applied himself to medicine, and, subsequently, to anatomy. In 1811, appointed to the Chair of Comparative Anatomy in Leipzig; and, in 1815, to the Directorship of Clinical Midwifery, at the Medico-Surgical Academy of Dresden. Has acquired great reputation by his lectures on Psychology. Also a painter of considerable talent, and the author of numerous works on Medicine, and upon Art. His Letters on Landscape-painting are valuable to artists; their merit was recognised by Goethe. No less important is his book on the “Proportions of the Human Body,”--just published. In him severe science and beautiful art--a rare union--are happily combined. [By Ernst Rietschel. Plaster. 1846. In the possession of the sculptor.]