Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg
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Marshal Johann Matthias Reichsgraf[1] von der Schulenburg (8 August 1661 – 14 March 1747) was a German aristocrat and general of Brandenburg-Prussian background who served in the Saxon and Venetian armies in the early 18th century and found a second career in retirement in Venice, as a grand collector and patron. His sister was Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal. His father was Gustavus Adolphus, Baron von der Schulenburg.[2]
Schulenburg as mercenary
Schulenburg was born in
The latter service brought him to the attention of
Schulenburg as art collector
In his retirement in Venice from 1718, the
Schulenburg supported
He also employed
Schulenburg's paintings were mainly Italian works of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with some Flemish and Dutch paintings. He owned six paintings by
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Reichsgraf is a title, usually translated as Imperial Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Reichsgräfin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were not created after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.
- ^ thepeerage.com Retrieved August 3, 2010
- ^ Alice Binion, "From Schulenburg's Gallery and Records" The Burlington Magazine 112 No. 806 (May 1970:297-303); a rich archive documenting Schulenburg's collection is deposited in the Niedersächsische Staatsarchiv, Hanover.
- ^ Drakopoulou, Eugenia (2010). Greek painters after the fall (1450-1830) Volume C. Center for Modern Greek Studies E.I.E. pp. 270–272.
- ^ His patronage of Guardi is discussed by Antonio Morassi, "Antonio Guardi ai servigi del Feldmareschiallo Schulenburg", Emporium 131 (1960:147-64, 199-212).
- ^ Binion 1970:301.
- ^ Schulenburg had the largest contemporary collection of Piazzetta's works, thirteen paintings and at least nineteen drawings (Binion 1970:301).
- ^ Binion 1970:298.
Sources
- Fr. Albr. v. d. Schulenburg: Leben und Denkwürdigkeiten des Johann Matthias v. d. Schulenburg (Leipzig 1834, 2 vols.). (Life and facts about Johann Matthias Schulenburg (Leipzig 1834, 2 Vol.))
- Werner v. d. Schulenburg: Der König von Korfu 1950. A novelistic account of the siege of Corfu.Roman über die Verteidigung Korfus gegen die Türken); 1950. (The King of Corfu. An account of the defense of Corfu against the Turks. (1950)).
- Haskell, Francis (1993). "Chapter 11". Patrons and Painters: Art and Society in Baroque Italy. 1980. Yale University Press. pp. 311–13.
External links
- Media related to Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Zimmermann (1891), "Schulenburg, Matthias Johann (Graf) von der", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 32, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 667–674