Copperplate engraving illustration
in Joseph Moxon, Mechanick
Exercises. (London, 1683)
This oft-reproduced image of Gutenberg shows the inventor with what appears
to be a punch in one hand and a multiple matrix in the other. It is based
on an engraving by André Thevet (Paris, 1584). Few scholars now
believe that Gutenberg had a beard. This image of Gutenberg with the fur
cap and flowing beard is probably based entirely on the artist's imagination,
since no portrait from life is known to have survived.
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(picture shown with permission from David Pankow, Curator
at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection
website address: http://wally2.rit.edu/cary/15th_century/4.html )
