Karl Eduard von Liphart

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Karl Eduard von Liphart
Portrait
Born(1808-05-16)16 May 1808
Kambja Parish, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia
Died15 February 1891(1891-02-15) (aged 82)
Florence, Italy

Baron Karl Eduard von Liphart or Carl Eduard von Liphart (16 May 1808 – 15 February 1891) was a noted art expert[1] and collector from Estonia. The family manor was near Dorpat (now Tartu).

Life

Liphart was born in

Mendelssohn, but later returned to marry Liphart's sister Sophie.[3]

In 1853 Liphart was the founding President of the Estonian Naturalists' Society. The society still operates (2013) and claims to be the oldest scientific society in the Baltic states.[4]

In 1862 Liphart moved to Florence because of the poor health of his son,

Tsar Nicholas I.[5] The bas-relief of St Jerome by Desiderio da Settignano now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, was purchased in Florence by an agent of Maria Nikolaevna as a gift for Baron Liphart.[6]

The angel from Leonardo da Vinci's Annunciation

Liphart became an acknowledged expert on the history of art. In 1867, following a theory put forward by

Berlin State Museums, Wilhelm von Bode, who independently established that this artist was more than just an etcher.[8]

He died in Florence in 1891. After his death his art collection was moved to Estonia where it was combined with his family's collection at Raadi Manor.[5]

Liphart wrote numerous articles and published brief notes, but never published a book-length monograph. He corresponded with all the major art historians of his time, in Europe, Great Britain and the United States.[citation needed]

Liphart's son,

Tsar Nicholas II. He went on to be a curator of the Hermitage Museum.[9]

The art collection

The graphic art that was collected by the Liphart family came into the possession of

Tartu University in the 1920s. The university still conserves the collection which includes examples of Japanese art as well as noted European printmakers like Albrecht Dürer and William Hogarth.[10]

References

  1. ^ "An acute connoisseur" according to the seminal art historians Crowe and Cavalcaselle in Raphael: his life and works, 1885:322 note.
  2. ^ History of Manor, Eesti. Rahva Muuseum, retrieved 30 December 2013
  3. ISBN 1581126670
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  4. ^ History Archived 1 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Estonian Naturalists Society, retrieved 31 December 2013
  5. ^ a b The Environs of Plymouth, rehs.com, retrieved 30 December 2013
  6. ^ National Gallery: Sr Jerome in the Desert, Desiderio da Settignano, c 1461.
  7. ISBN 0300072465
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  8. ^ Liphart, Karl Eduard Baron von, also Carl, Dictionary of Art Historians, retrieved 30 December 2013
  9. ^ Baron Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, RusArtNet.com, retrieved 30 December 2013
  10. ^ Graphic Art Archived 1 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, University of Tartu Art Museum, retrieved 31 December 2013
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