 He came under the influence of the Nazarene movement, however, and moved away from the Academic painting style.In 1812, he took a trip to Venice to visit his sister, then went on to Ferrara, which is the place where he may have contracted the tuberculosis that would cause his early death.When he returned from Italy, he settled in Klagenfurt, where the Prince-bishop of Gurk, , became his patron and appointed him Court Painter.