His painting of Prince August of Prussia (a son of Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia) and Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau laid the foundations for his fame as a portraitist and also led to further depictions of the royal family.
Prussia | Prince of Wales | Charles, Prince of Wales | Prince | Augustus | Prince Charles | Prince (musician) | East Prussia | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Ferdinand Marcos | Prince Albert | Prince Edward Island | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | Port-au-Prince | Prince Caspian | Ferdinand Magellan | Albert, Prince Consort | Franz Ferdinand | Prince Edward | Ferdinand II of Aragon | Prince Philip | Franz Ferdinand (band) | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | crown prince | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Prince of Orange | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | West Prussia | The Little Prince | Prince Harry |
Born at Friedrichsfelde, he was the youngest son of Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, the brother of King Frederick the Great, and Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt.