Amerbach Cabinet

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The Amerbach Cabinet was a collection of artifacts, paintings, libraries, assembled by members of the Amerbach family, most notably by the two law professors of the University of Basel, Bonifacius Amerbach and his son Basilius Amerbach the Younger.[1]

History

Visitors in the painting hall in the House zur Mücke in 1837

A central piece of the cabinet included the heritage of the Christian scholar

Erasmus von Rotterdam[2] for which Bonifacius had commissioned a trunk in 1539.[3] The collection included paintings, sketches, medallions, rare coins, the letters of the Amerbach family, and a library of 9000 books.[4] The library contained more than 2000 theological, 2000 juridical, 2000 philosophical and 1000 historical books.[5] The cabinet included an extensive collection of paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger, which Basilius seemed to have acquired in the late 1570s.[6] It is assumed that they were purchased from the very close environment of Hans Holbeins workshop, as the acquired works also included some by Hans Holbein the Elder, and Ambrosius Holbein.[6] Works by Urs Graf, Hans Baldung Grien, and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch where also included in the cabinet.[7] In 1630, the books were categorized in a new catalogue by the librarian of the University of Basel.[8]

In 1661, the heirs of Basilius received an offer to sell the collection to

Basel Country and Basel-City it was decided that Basel City would keep the collection as a whole.[2] Today the collection is divided and accessible at the University,[4] the Kunstmuseum,[1] and the Historical Museum of Basel.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "History". kunstmuseumbasel.ch. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Dieffenbacher, Christoph. "Geschichte - Vom Geld und von der Kunst". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  3. ISBN 3-85616-020-5
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  4. ^ a b Merian, Wilhelm (1917). Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde. pp. 153–154.
  5. ^ a b c Merian, Wilhelm (1917), p.154
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  7. ^ Landolt, Elisabeth (1984), p.12
  8. ^ Merian, Wilhelm (1917), p.155
  9. ^ Gauss, Julia; Stoecklin, Alfred (1953). Bürgermeister Wettstein: der Mann das Werk die Zeit ; im Auftrage der historischen und antiquarischen Gesellschaft zu Basel (in German). Basel: Schwabe. pp. 502–503.
  10. ^ a b Landolt, Elisabeth (1984), pp.10–11
  11. ^ Gauss, Julia; Stoecklin, Alfred (1953). p.503
  12. ISBN 978-3-85616-539-0
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