Carl Traugott Riedel
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Carl (or Karl) Traugott Riedel was born in Lubań (then part of the Electorate of Saxony, now in Poland) in 1769.[2]
Career
He worked primarily as an engraver in his hometown of Lubań and in Leipzig. During the 1800s, he engraved title vignettes for several editions published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig.[3]
Many engraved portraits by Riedel are preserved, featuring musical personalities such as Antonio Salieri, Peter Hänsel, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Luigi Cherubini, Pierre Rode, Beethoven, Rodolphe Kreutzer, and Joseph Gelinek.[2]
In 1801, Riedel was commissioned by Hoffmeister & Kühnel's Bureau de Musique (now Edition Peters) to paint Beethoven's portrait after the Vienna showing of Johann Joseph Neidl's work.[4] Riedel's engraving of Italian composer Antonio Salieri was completed in 1802. In 1804, he made another stipple engraving for Hoffmeister & Kühnel of Czech composer Jan Ladislav Dussek. The sheet is preserved in both the Leipzig University Library and the British Museum of London.[5]
Riedel completed a portrait engraving of German pianist Daniel Steibelt around 1809.[6] In 1810, he was commissioned by Breitkopf & Härtel to engrave a portrait of Austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.[7]
Death
Carl Traugott Riedel died in 1832.[1]
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