Gottlieb Schick

He was born in Stuttgart. He studied from 1795 to 1797 at the Hohe Karlsschule under Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch, a follower of Jacques-Louis David.^[1] In 1797–98 he studied under Johann Heinrich von Dannecker, after which he relocated to Paris where he spent 1799 to 1802 in David's studios.^[1]

Between 1802 and 1811 he stayed in Rome, where he became an important figure in that city's artistic and intellectual circles.^[1] He was an especially good friend of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his family. In Schick's last years, his style of Raphaelesque classicism gradually acquired a romantic orientation. In 1809, he was presented with a special citation by a group of French and Italian artists.

He returned to Stuttgart in 1811, but died there only a few months later, of heart disease.