Luise Duttenhofer

Christiane Luise Duttenhofer (née Hummel; 5 April 1776 in Waiblingen–16 May 1829 in Stuttgart) was one of the most important German papercutting artists. Her work has Biedermeier, Neoclassical, Romantic features.[1] After her death, she quickly fell into obscurity and was only rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th-century. Her husband was engraver Christian Friedrich Traugott Duttenhofer. Their son Anton Duttenhofer was also a copper engraver and a pupil of his father.

Portrait of Luise Duttenhofer
Silhouette paper cutting by Luise Duttenhofer from ca. 1820, showing her husband Christian Friedrich Traugott to the right, their son Anton to the left, and Luise herself second to the right

References
  1. Fiege 1990, Seite 13–14.
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