THREE CENTURIES SINCE BARON SAMUEL VON BRUKENTHAL WAS BORN (26TH OF JULY 1721 - 9TH OF APRIL 1803) Cover Image

300 DE ANI DE LA NAȘTEREA BARONULUI SAMUEL VON BRUKENTHAL (26 IULIE 1721 - 9 APRILIE 1803)
THREE CENTURIES SINCE BARON SAMUEL VON BRUKENTHAL WAS BORN (26TH OF JULY 1721 - 9TH OF APRIL 1803)

Author(s): Gudrun-Liane Ittu
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, 18th Century, History of Art
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Brukenthal; baron; politician; governor of Transylvania; Enlightenment; museum; paintings; major European art schools; library; archeological objects; numismatics; minerals;

Summary/Abstract: Three Centuries Since Baron Samuel von Brukenthal was Born (26th of July 1721 - 9th of April 1803). Baron Samuel von Brukenthal was an outstanding personality, a man of great erudition and refined taste, whose political career culminated with the dignity of Governor of Transylvania, a dignity he held between 1777 and 1787. Brukenthal was the only Transylvanian Saxon who enjoyed this great honor. Living for many years abroad, he got acquainted with Viennese cultural patterns he tried to implement in his own country. As a Transylvanian representative of the Enlightenment, Brukenthal became famous through his major creation, the first museum in the South Eastern part of Europe opened in 1790 to connoisseurs and foreign travelers and in 1817 to the large public. His fine art collection comprised about 1100 paintings belonging to the major European art schools. Besides paintings he also had a rich collection of etchings in copper, a library consisting of about 16000 volumes, rare archeological objects, as well as a numismatic collection and one of minerals. But his sphere of interest was much wider, including a large scale of sciences, the educational system, the musical life of Sibiu, the art of gardening.

  • Issue Year: LXVI/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-26
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Romanian