Georg Thomas Gutthäter
Georg Thomas Gutthäter (born November 1, 1654 in Nuremberg , † September 1694 in Roveredo ) was a German merchant , councilor and dilettante copper engraver .
Life
Georg Thomas Gutthäter was born on November 1, 1654 as the offspring of a Nuremberg merchant and patrician family. The family originally came from Kulmbach . Like his father Hieronimus, Georg Thomas Gutthäter worked as a businessman. In 1686 he was elected as a named member of the Grand Council of his hometown. In September 1694 he died in Roveredo in Graubünden on a trade trip. His marriage to Anna Magdalena Jacquetier had five children. The daughter Anna Magdalena married the Nuremberg city physicist Johann Tobias Klett.
Georg Thomas Gutthäter was trained in drawing, etching and engraving by Johann Franz Ermels during his school days . A self-portrait from 1671 under the influence of Ermel and 13 copper engraving portraits or etchings of his male ancestors and relatives have come down to us.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred H. Grieb (Hg :): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Fine artists, craftspeople, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century, Walter de Gruyter, 2007, p. 534
Web links
- Works by Georg Thomas Gutthäter on Tripota
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gutthäter, Georg Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nuremberg patrician, businessman, politician and dilettante engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1654 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1694 |
| Place of death | Roveredo GR |