Heinrich Guttenberg

Providence protects a sick prince , based on a motif by Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret

Heinrich Guttenberg (born April 29, 1749 in Wöhrd , † January 16, 1818 in Nuremberg ) was a German engraver .

Life

Heinrich Guttenberg was a younger brother of Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg . He came from a small family and probably did not receive any higher education. Guttenberg attended the Nuremberg drawing school under J. J. Preissler and completed a three-year apprenticeship with the engraver Würsching between the ages of 17 and 20. After completing his apprenticeship, he secretly left his parents' house to follow his brother Carl to Paris , but had to discover in Frankfurt am Main that his cash was insufficient. Only a few months later he was able to continue his journey on foot to France. After a number of difficulties, he worked for a few years in Johann Georg Wille's studio in Paris. His sting of a bacchante eventually made him famous and also proved to be a lucrative source of income.

After the outbreak of the French Revolution , Guttenberg traveled to Italy, from where he returned to France after receiving news that his brother was critically ill. But he did not find Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg alive anymore. From Paris he moved to Fontainebleau , from there after the execution of Louis XVI. 1793 to Nuremberg, which he left again in 1803 to move to Paris again. From 1798 he was the teacher of Albert Christoph Reindels . In 1816 he returned to Nuremberg. While taking a walk on January 9, 1818, he slipped and fell on the back of his head. He died a week later as a result of the injuries he sustained in this fall. He was buried in Albrecht Dürer's grave in the Johanniskirchhof in Nuremberg.

For Carl Lang's work on the monument to the tenderness of the spouse and the love of the people by Philipp Jakob Scheffauer , which appeared in 1797, he created an engraving as the cover picture after a painting by Thouret and an engraving after Jakob Gauermann's drawing for one of the bas-reliefs , his loyal hosts implored him.

The Art Institute of Chicago owns four engravings by Guttenberg based on models by Jean-Michel Moreau : Le Rendez-vous pour Marly , Le rencontre au bois du Boulogne and two versions of Les derniers paroles de J. J. Rousseau .

literature

Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg, engravers . In: The Nuremberg artists, portrayed after their lives and their works . Booklet 2. Schrag, Nuremberg 1823, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10050554-7 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Walter Fries : Guttenberg, Heinrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 359-360 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Guttenberg (Guttenberger), Heinrich Carl Gottlieb . In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon . Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century . KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-11763-9 , pp. 534 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Guttenberg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

^ Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg, engraver. P. 11 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
^ In Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg. P. 12, this teacher is ascribed mediocrity and at best the ability to convey the technical basics of copperplate engraving.
^ Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg, engraver. P. 13 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
^ Guttenberg (Guttenberger), Heinrich Carl Gottlieb . In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century . KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-11763-9 , pp. 534 ( books.google.de ).
^ Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg. P. 14 f. ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
^ Paul Johannes Rée: Reindel, Albert Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 11-13.
^ Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg. P. 16 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
↑ In contrast to the title picture, under which the name of the engraver with “H. Guttenberg ”, only the name“ Guttenberg ”can be read under the engraving for the bas-relief; since Guttenberg's older brother was no longer alive in 1797, it can be assumed that this record was also edited by Heinrich Guttenberg.
^ Art Institute of Chicago

personal data
SURNAME	Guttenberg, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	April 29, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH	Woehrd
DATE OF DEATH	January 16, 1818
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg, engraver. P. 11 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[2] In Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg. P. 12, this teacher is ascribed mediocrity and at best the ability to convey the technical basics of copperplate engraving.

[3] Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg, engraver. P. 13 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[4] Guttenberg (Guttenberger), Heinrich Carl Gottlieb . In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century . KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-11763-9 , pp. 534 ( books.google.de ).

[5] Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg. P. 14 f. ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[6] Paul Johannes Rée: Reindel, Albert Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 11-13.

[7] Carl Guttenberg and Heinrich Guttenberg. P. 16 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).

[8] In contrast to the title picture, under which the name of the engraver with “H. Guttenberg ”, only the name“ Guttenberg ”can be read under the engraving for the bas-relief; since Guttenberg's older brother was no longer alive in 1797, it can be assumed that this record was also edited by Heinrich Guttenberg.

[9] Art Institute of Chicago