Carl Traugott Riedel (17691832) was a German engraver and printmaker.Collections Online | British Museum. (2024). Britishmuseum.org; British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG242091
Early life Carl (or Karl) Traugott Riedel was born in Lubań (then part of the Electorate of Saxony, now in Poland) in 1769.Saglietti, B. (2010). Beethoven, ritratti e immagini: uno studio sull'iconografia. Italy: EDT.
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.Haberkamp, G. (1986). Die Erstdrucke der Werke von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Textband. Germany: H. Schneider.
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.
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.Petzoldt, R. (1982). Ludwig van Beethoven. Germany: Bibliographisches Institut. 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.Porträt Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) :: Stiftung Händel-Haus Halle :: museum-digital. (2023, October 6). Retrieved from https://global.museum-digital.org/object/1486615
Riedel completed a portrait engraving of German pianist Daniel Steibelt around 1809.D. Steibelt | SJSU Digital Collections. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.sjsu.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A72_79?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=cea0eaa74f904942f3ab&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=2&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=31 In 1810, he was commissioned by Breitkopf & Härtel to engrave a portrait of Austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf / Karl Traugott Riedel. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84172325
Death Carl Traugott Riedel died in 1832.
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