{"title":"Tuscher, Carl Marcus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarl Marcus Tuscher (1705–1751)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a German-born painter, printmaker and architect who worked in Italy, England and Denmark. Born in Nuremberg, he grew up in modest circumstances and spent part of his childhood in an orphanage. His drawing abilities brought him to the attention of a patron who arranged for him to study with Johann Daniel Preisler, the director of the Nuremberg Academy. In 1728 he received support to travel to Rome, where he studied painting and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe remained in Italy for more than a decade, working as a portrait painter, architectural designer and engraver. His contacts included antiquarians and travellers interested in classical ruins and archaeological discoveries. Tuscher also visited Florence and Naples, where he recorded subjects associated with the excavations at Herculaneum. His extensive experience in Italy gave his work a mixture of Baroque grandeur and classical restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTuscher travelled through France and the Netherlands to London in 1741. There he painted portraits of artists, craftsmen and their families, including \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tuscher-carl-marcus-1705-1751-george-michael-moser-and-his-wife-mary-c-1742-3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Michael Moser and His Wife Mary Guynier\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1742–43)\u003c\/a\u003e. Moser was an artist and gold-chaser who later became the first Keeper of the Royal Academy. Their daughter \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/moser-mary\"\u003eMary Moser\u003c\/a\u003e, born in 1744, was herself a painter and one of the Academy's two female founding members, alongside \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kauffman-angelica\"\u003eAngelica Kauffman\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1743 Tuscher was invited to Copenhagen by King Christian VI of Denmark. He became court painter and worked on royal portraits, elaborate decorative projects and architectural proposals. He also prepared engravings from the Egyptian travel drawings of the naval officer Frederik Ludvig Norden. Tuscher was appointed professor at the Copenhagen art academy in 1748. He died in Copenhagen on 6 January 1751, having pursued a notably varied artistic career.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tuscher-carl-marcus-1705-1751-george-michael-moser-and-his-wife-mary-c-1742-3","title":"Tuscher, Carl Marcus (1705-1751) - George Michael Moser and his wife Mary c.1742-3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeorge Michael Moser and His Wife Mary Guynier\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1742–43) is a double portrait by Carl Marcus Tuscher (1705–1751). It depicts the artist and gold-chaser George Michael Moser, later the first Keeper of the Royal Academy, with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download includes 1 JPEG image at 600 dpi, measuring 4941 pixels wide by 4878 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tuscher-carl-marcus\"\u003eCarl Marcus Tuscher\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64409036620106,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Tuscher_CarlMarcus_1705-1751_-GeorgeMichaelMoserandhiswifeMary_main.jpg?v=1794693037"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Tuscher_Carl_Marcus_1705-1751.jpg?v=1794693267","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/tuscher-carl-marcus.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}