Background
Tautenhayn was born in Vienna, where he studied at the academy (1854-1860) under Carl Radnitzky (1818-1901) and sculpture under Franz Lukas Bauer (1798-1872), then in the engravers" academy of the Imperial mint.
Tautenhayn was born in Vienna, where he studied at the academy (1854-1860) under Carl Radnitzky (1818-1901) and sculpture under Franz Lukas Bauer (1798-1872), then in the engravers" academy of the Imperial mint.
After his return from a study trip through Italy, France, and England, undertaken in 1869-1872, he was appointed Imperial engraver of coins and medals, and in 1881 professor at the academy.