[1] Carl (or Karl) Traugott Riedel was born in Lubań (then part of the Electorate of Saxony, now in Poland) in 1769.

[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.

In 1804, he made another stipple engraving for Hoffmeister & Kühnel of Czech composer Jan Ladislav Dussek.

[6] In 1810, he was commissioned by Breitkopf & Härtel to engrave a portrait of Austrian composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.