Between 1735 and 1739 he made an apprenticeship as a stucco plasterer .
Between 1735 and 1739 he studied painting in Schaffhausen with the painter and stucco plasterer Johann Ulrich Schnetzler .
Between 1735 and 1739 he made an apprenticeship as a stucco plasterer and studied painting in Schaffhausen with the painter and stucco plasterer Johann Ulrich Schnetzler .