Philipp von Stosch : collecting, drawing, studying and publishing engraved gems / by Paweł Gołyźniak, Ulf R. Hansson, Hadrien J. Rambach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gołyźniak, Paweł, 1989- author.

Hansson, Ulf R., 1966- author.

Rambach, Hadrien, author.

Series:

Monumenta Graeca et Romana, 0169-8850 ; volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stosch, Philipp von, Baron, 1691-1757--Art collections.

Stosch, Philipp von.

Gems--Private collections--Germany--History--18th century.

Gems.

Antiquarians--Germany--Biography.

Antiquarians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 341 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]

Summary:

"This book, published with two online only appendices, is designed to show and discuss another facet of Stosch that would argue with the dense mythology of a spy, hoarder and libertine clouding the true nature of his accomplishments as an antiquarian, collector, patron and scholar. This is possible due to discovery and study of a substantial part of Stosch's, previously considered lost, enormous Paper Museum of Gems. The artists, including Pier Leone Ghezzi, Girolamo Odam, Bernard Picart, Antonio Maria Zanetti, Markus Tuscher, Theodorus Netscher, Georg Martin Preissler, Johann Justin Preissler and Johann Adam Schweickart, tirelessly worked in a studio organised by Stosch on the faithful documentation of vast numbers of engraved gems. Made for a variety of purposes, they expose Stosch's crucial role in the creation and transfer of knowledge that contributed immensely to the transformation of eighteenth-century antiquarianism towards a more scholarly archaeological science"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Philipp von Stosch : a lifetime of collecting / Ulf R. Hansson

Collecting of engraved gems in the circle of Stosch / Ulf R. Hansson

Drawings of engraved gems from the late mediaeval until the nineteenth century / Hadrien J. Rambach

Stosch and the circle of his draughtsmen of gems / Paweł Gołyźniak and Hadrien J. Rambach

Stosch's corpus of gem drawings in the archives / Paweł Gołyźniak

Pierres gravees par Stosche in the Princes Czartoryski Museum in Krakow / Paweł Gołyźniak

Pierres gravées du roi avec figures in the Kunstbibliothek in Berlin / Paweł Gołyźniak

Stosch's paper museum of gems rediscovered / Paweł Gołyźniak

Stosch's magnum opus

Gemmae antiquae celatae 1724 in the context of his life, collecting and studying engraved gems / Hadrien J. Rambach

Gemmae antiquae caelatae II / Paweł Gołyźniak

Stosch and his contribution to the development of gem studies and antiquarianism / Paweł Gołyźniak and Hadrien J. Rambach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-337) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource viewed.

Other Format:

Print version: Gołyźniak, Paweł, 1989- Philipp von Stosch

ISBN:

9789004712553

9004712550

OCLC:

1482829629

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.