Often taken to be a portrait of Doctor Faustus, this is an idealised portrait of Johann Fust with his printed Bible.
Johannes Gutenberg
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Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's inventio
Johann Fust
…was a member of the goldsmiths' guild of Strasbourg. Like many medieval goldsmiths, he also functioned as a financier. Because of his connection with Johannes Gutenberg (died 1468), Fust has been called the inventor of printing, and the instructor as well as the partner of Gutenberg. Some see him as a patron and…
Gutenberg Monument by Bertel Thorvaldsen, erected 1837.
Celebration medal by Friedrich Anton König in 1840, the 400th anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press invention, obverse
The reverse of the medal: Johannes Gutenberg in his workshop, sitting in front of his printing press
A 17th-century copper engraving depiction of Gutenberg