Carl Marcus Tuscher
German (1705 - 1757)
Carl Marcus Tuscher was a German printmaking artist.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an etching work attributed to Carl Marcus Tuscher (1705-1757) was C$ - paid for "Caricature of Francesco Baglioni, Called Carnacci" at Saskatchewan NAC in Regina on Sun, Sep 22, 2024.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their etching results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$250.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their etching results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$250.
Notable Art Works
Carl Marcus Tuscher was born in 1705 in Nuremberg, Germany, of Dutch ancestry. He apprenticed with John Daniel Preisler, director of the Nuremberg Academy of Arts, then received a scholarship to study architecture, painting and printmaking in Rome. There he also worked to organize the vast collection of the Baron Philipp von Stosch, who was also a British spy, and Tuscher went with von Stosch when he was forced to flee. Tuscher then spent time in Florence, France and England before settling in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1743. There he was recognized as an important architect and portraitist. Marcus Tuscher died in Copenhagen in 1751.