A biography was published in 1806 by his friend, the critic and archaeologist Karl Ludwig Fernow, who was later the royal librarian at Weimar, which has the best collection of his graphic work.
Jacob | John Jacob Astor | Jacob M. Appel | Jacob Epstein | Jacob Zuma | Jacob Obrecht | Jacob Lawrence | Jacob Appel | John Jacob Astor IV | Irène Jacob | Jacob Jordaens | Paul Jacob | Meshullam ben Jacob | Jacob Riis | Jacob Grimm | Jacob Christian Schäffer | Jacob Appelbaum | Jacob Truedson Demitz | Jacob ter Veldhuis | Jacob's Ladder | Jacob's biscuits | Jacob's Award | Jacob Rothschild | Jacob L. Devers | Jacob Latimore | Jacob Kirkegaard | Jacob Kielland | Jacob J. Shubert | Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph | Jacob Bronowski |
It was in Vienna and Munich, where he became influenced for a while by the works of classicist German painters Asmus Jacob Carstens, Joachim Christian Reinhart, Peter Fendi, Joseph Anton Koch, Gottlieb Schick and Bonaventura Genelli.