Albert Camesina

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Albert Camesina, etching by Franz Xaver Stöber after Josef Danhauser , 1834
Albert Camesina on a lithograph

Albert von Camesina (born May 13, 1806 in Vienna ; † June 16, 1881 ibid) was an Austrian graphic artist and antiquarian.

Life

Camesina belonged to a respected Viennese family. His great-grandfather, Alberto Camesina, came from San Vittore and settled in Vienna as a plasterer at the beginning of the 18th century ( Prince Eugene entrusted him with the stucco work in the halls of the Upper Belvedere ). His grandfather was a well-known Viennese legal scholar, his father an art and bookseller.

From 1817 to 1823 Camesina attended high school. During this time he developed a great interest in the fine arts that he took drawing lessons at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and continued this until 1828 in order to train as a painter. However, he also occupied himself with the graphic arts, which also appealed to him more. Therefore he then worked with Blasius Höfel on perfecting the woodcut. In 1834 he got to know the Verdun Altar in Klosterneuberg Abbey, the splendid work of goldsmithing and enamel art of the 12th century, and decided to draw it. He then published this costly work, which took nine years, together with Joseph von Arneth in 1844 under the title “Das Niello Antipendium zu Klosterneuburg” in gold and color printing. During his quiet retreat on his country estate in Perchtoldsdorf , from 1837 to 1848, the drawings of the oldest glass paintings in the cloister of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey were also made.

His art-historical work provided Camesina a. a. the closer acquaintance with Prince Metternich , on whose invitation he traveled through Germany and Belgium in 1845, and the baron Clemens von Hügel . From 1848 he was engaged in historical research in Vienna. His acquaintance u. a. with Joseph Chmel , Theodor Georg von Karajan , Ernst von Birk , Andreas von Meiller (1812–1871) and Rudolf Eitelberger , who aroused his interest in historical scientific research. He also belonged to the group of historians who in 1851 brought the so-called “New Year's Eve donation” into being. Camesina himself was involved in these loose publications of historical sources with his contribution to the history of Vienna from the “coat of arms of the city of Kaiser Friedrich III. 1461 “involved. After the establishment of the kk Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Buildings in 1853, Camesina was appointed conservator for Vienna. A year later he was a founding member of the Alterthumsverein zu Wien and was a member of the committee until the end of his life. He also participated in the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria founded in 1865 and was elected to its committee in 1869. In 1867 he was granted citizenship, in 1869 he was made Knight of San Vittore.

Honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Camesina was buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 12 A, Row 3, No. 9). In 1886 the Camesinagasse in Vienna was named after him, but it no longer exists since 1950. In 1973 the Camesinaweg in Vienna- Meidling was named in his honor.

meaning

Albert Camesina earned great merit through his publications on the history of art and the history of Vienna. His contributions in the “Yearbook of the KK Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments” and in the “Reports and communications of the Alterthumsverein zu Wien” deserve special mention. Camesina conducted research in the archives for the history of Vienna and made valuable contributions to the topography of Vienna. These include his very precise copies of the Albertine plan from the middle of the 15th century, the circular view of Vienna at the time of the first Turkish siege in 1529 by Nikolaus Meldemann , and the views of Vienna from 1547 by Augustin Hirschvogel and 1558 by Hans Sebald Lautensack . That is why Camesina is widely regarded as the historical topographer and medieval archaeologist of Vienna in the 19th century.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Niello-Antipendium to Klosterneuburg in Austria, made in the twelfth century by Nicolaus from Verdun. Lithographed in original size and edited by Albert Camesina at his own expense. Described and explained by Joseph Arneth . Sollinger, Vienna 1844
  • Albert Camesina: The oldest glass paintings of the canons monastery Klosterneuburg and the portraits of the Babenbergs in the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz . Kaiserl.-Königl. Hof- u. Staatsdr., Vienna 1857 (= yearbook of the KK Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments; 2)
  • Niclas Meldeman's round view of the city of Vienna 1529 . 1863
  • The representations of the Biblia Pauperum in a manuscript from the XIVth century, kept in the St Florian monastery in the Archduke Austria ob der Enns , Prandel & Ewald, Vienna 1863 ( digital copy )
  • Vienna's distress in 1683 . 1868
  • Regesta on the history of St. Stephen's Cathedral . 1874
  • Documented contributions to the history of Vienna in the 16th century . 1881
  • Numerous topographical contributions in the reports and communications of the Alterthumsverein zu Wien and in the writings of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria and the Imperial Academy of Sciences

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Victor Felgel:  Huegel, Clemens Wenzel Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 306-308.
  2. ↑ Wappenbrief ( Memento from November 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Albertine plan .

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personal data
SURNAME Camesina, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albert Camesina, Knight of San Vittore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian graphic artist and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1881
Place of death Vienna