After a modest artistic training in his native Utrecht and extensive studies on his own, Pieter Christoffel Wonder attended the Düsseldorf Academy from 1802 through 1804, supplementing his training, as usual, by copying Old Master paintings. In 1807, with <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/jan-baptiste-kobell">Jan Kobell II</a> (1778-1814), Wonder founded an artist's society in Utrecht ca