3 4 ▁– ▁May ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 8 1 6 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Swiss ▁painter . ▁ ▁Life ▁Ad rian ▁Z ing g ▁received ▁his ▁term ▁training ▁with ▁his ▁father , ▁the ▁steel ▁cut ter ▁Bart ol om ä us ▁Z ing g , ▁and ▁then ▁became ▁an ▁app rent ice ▁with ▁eng ra ver ▁Johann ▁Rudolf ▁Holz halb ▁( 1 7 2 3 – 1 8 0 6 ). ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 7 ▁he ▁worked ▁in ▁Bern , ▁painting ▁ved ute ▁with ▁Johann ▁Ludwig ▁Aber li . ▁T ogether ▁with ▁the ▁medal ist ▁Johann ▁Cas par ▁M ö ri ko fer ▁( 1 7 3 2 – 1 7 9 0 ), ▁he ▁travel led ▁to ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 9 , ▁where ▁Z ing g ▁worked ▁for ▁seven ▁years ▁with ▁the ▁eng ra ver ▁Johann ▁Georg ▁Wille . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 4 ▁he ▁was ▁supported ▁by ▁Christian ▁Ludwig ▁von ▁H aged orn ▁as ▁an ▁eng ra ver ▁at ▁the ▁newly ▁founded ▁Dresden ▁Academy ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁teacher ▁from ▁ 1 7 6 6 . ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁an ▁int ensive ▁relationship ▁with ▁professor ▁Christian ▁Wilhelm ▁Ernst ▁Diet rich , ▁who ▁acted ▁as ▁a ▁ment or ▁for ▁Z ing g . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 4 , ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Diet rich , ▁Z ing g ▁began ▁to ▁complete ▁his ▁late ▁work ▁and ▁published ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 8 7 ▁sheets . ▁In