Christian Duttenhofer

He studied under Johann Christian Klengel [de; fr] at Dresden, and is chiefly known by his landscapes after Lorrain, Poussin, Annibale Carracci, P. Bril, and various views in Tyrol.

His brother Carl (Rudolph Heinrich) Duttenhofer (1784-1805), six years younger, studied architecture and died in Rome at the youthful age of 21.

Already in his childhood and youth, Duttenhofer "laid the foundation for his scientific and artistic education, for he felt an irresistible inclination toward painting and draftsmanship, and especially engraving, and soon excelled in the latter arts as well."

There he studied at the Academy of Art as a student of the landscape painter Johann Christian Klengel, with whom he also enjoyed drawing lessons.

He eagerly visited the famous Gemäldegalerie (Picture Gallery) and the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings), where he trained himself on the old masters.