Veit received his first art education in Dresden , where he was taught by Caspar David Friedrich , and Vienna .
He was the son of a banker Simon Veit and his wife Dorothea , daughter of Moses Mendelssohn , who subsequently left him to marry Friedrich Schlegel .
son received son 's first art education in Dresden , where he was taught by Caspar David Friedrich , and Vienna .
He was the son of a banker Simon Veit and his wife Dorothea , daughter of Moses Mendelssohn , who subsequently left him to marry Friedrich Schlegel .