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Carl Guttenberg

Illustration — Self-portrait of Carl Guttenberg. Engraved by Friedrich Fleischman. Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (also Carl-Gottlieb, Carl Gottfried) (near Nuremberg, 21 August 1743Paris, 20 May 1790) was a German draughtsman and engraver.

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Carl Guttenberg

Born: 1743 · Wöhrd.
Died: 1790 · Paris.
Nationality: Germany
Occupation: drafter · printmaker · illustrator · artist
Languages: German

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Carl Guttenberg (1743–1790) was an artist, drafter and illustrator, among other activities, of German nationality. The artist was born in Wöhrd and died in Paris. Carl Guttenberg worked in Basel, Nuremberg and Paris.

Languages used include German. Works are held at Finnish National Gallery, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Musea Brugge, among others.

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He received his initial training in Nuremberg and Bern before traveling to Paris in 1767 to study under the engraver Jean Georges Wille. After a brief sojourn in Basel (1772–73), he lived and worked in Paris, producing portraits, calligraphy, and illustrations from his own designs and those of other artists. • Illustration — Jean-Michel Moreau, Le Rendez-vous pour Marly, engraved by Carl Guttenberg c. 1777 • Illustration — Suppression of convents under Joseph II (1782) • Illustration — The Invocation to Love • Illustration — Wilhelm Tell (c. 1780) • Illustration — Thun, partial view from the castle towards the lake • Illustration — Nidau, town and castle, from the northeast

The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Nuremberg, Basel and Paris. Work by Carl Guttenberg is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Finnish National Gallery, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Zentralbibliothek Zürich.

Carl Guttenberg is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as drafter, printmaker, illustrator and artist.

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1743
Carl Guttenberg was born on 21 August 1743.
1790
Carl Guttenberg died on 20 May 1790.

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