Anna Maria of Baden-Durlach

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Anna Maria Margravine of Baden-Durlach (allegorical portrait miniature by Friedrich Brentel , 1645)

Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach (born May 29, 1617 in Strasbourg , † October 17, 1672 in Basel ) was an artistically active daughter of Margrave Georg Friedrich von Baden . She dealt with poetry , painting , drawing and paper cutting .

Life

Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach was a daughter of Margrave Georg Friedrich von Baden from his second marriage to Agathe geb. to Erbach. After the early death of her mother (1621), she grew up under the care of her "loyal Star Schedelin " in the margraves' dragon castle on the Ill in Strasbourg. Much like her younger sister Elisabeth , she received a thorough education, although this took place around the time the Thirty Years War came to a head . She possessed a gift for poetry and art, and she began to write poetry and paint quite early on, as her estate testifies to.

According to Karl Obser (1935), her poetry was influenced by the Strasbourg “Sincere Society of the Firs”. She wrote poems and sayings that skillfully made use of the form that was customary at the time. “They are free of baroque pomp and express their doctrinal wisdom and their simple pious mind in a pleasing way. The poetic element is small, but devotional contemplation of life finds and gives comfort. ”Some examples of the headings may illustrate their moral intent and life experience: Anger is an evil of all evils , A faithful friend is a great treasure , Praise of humility , Thoughts from eternity , beauty passes, virtue persists .

Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach also wrote a larger poem about the Swedish King Gustav Adolf (1647), a lovely bucolica on "the President Selmmitzen Feldgut zu Berghausen". She also translated poems from Italian and French, wrote occasional poems on name days, births and deaths, and undertook dramatic attempts. Her literary work was not published during her lifetime. A handwritten collection “Anna Margravine of Baden and Hochberg. Several German rhyming poems, the beginning of which was made in the name of God at Basel. Anno 1647 ”is at the General State Archives in Karlsruhe , many samples (112 short poems) from them were printed by Karl Zell (1842).

According to Hans Rott (1917), her teacher in the field of painting should be the 1648 at the Baden-Durlacher Hof and later in Frankfurt a. M. active Johan Ludwig Pfannenstiel - he later dedicated a mezzotint to her Maria with Christ's corpse - or Isaias Rumpler , who lived in Strasbourg around 1630 - Anna Maria wrote verses about his death. However, it is more likely that Karl Obser assumed that this teacher was Friedrich Brentel or at least one of his students from his workshop. There is an unsigned allegorical miniature portrait of Anna Maria, which, based on the comparison with the signed works of Friedrich Brentel, can certainly be ascribed to him. Anna Maria's works are also reminiscent of those of Friedrich Brentel, although they do not reach the level of his work in terms of technique and expressiveness. Her work includes red chalk, ink and pen drawings, portraits, pauses based on Dutch models, and depictions of animals and flowers. She usually gave away her work to family members or friends.

Anna Maria von Baden-Durlach was closely connected to her younger sister Elisabeth, who was also artistically active, but less talented. They worked together on many things. Anna Maria was in contact with numerous artists. In the field of paper cutting she achieved remarkable things. After she had spent her youth in Strasbourg, later lived alternately in the margravial courtyards in Basel and in Strasbourg. She remained unmarried.

Although she died in Basel, she was buried in Pforzheim on November 1, 1672.

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d e Karl Obser: Oberrheinische Miniaturbildnisse ... , p. 16
  2. ↑ a b W. E. Oestering: history of literature in Baden , S. 63/64
  3. ^ Hans Rott: Art and Artists ... , p. 78
  4. ^ Karl Zell: Fürstentöchter des Haus Baden , p. 59ff; see also p. 47ff
  5. ↑ a b Hans Rott: Art and Artists ... , p. 77

literature

  • Karl Obser : Upper Rhine miniature portraits of Friedrich Brentels and his school . In: "Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine", Karlsruhe: Braun 1935, pp. 1–25
  • Hans Rott : Art and artists at the Baden-Durlacher Hofe until the founding of Karlsruhe , Karlsruhe: Müller in 1917
  • Wilhelm Engelbert Oestering: History of literature in Baden. An outline, Part I, from the monastery to the classical period . In “Heimatblätter Vom Bodensee zum Main ”, 36, Karlsruhe: Müller 1930, pp. 3–102
  • Karl Zell : princely daughters of the House of Baden. A historical representation to celebrate the marriage ... of Princess Alexandrine of Baden with ... the Hereditary Prince Ernst of Saxony-Koburg-Gotha , Karlsruhe: Braun 1842
  • Jakob Franck :  Elisabeth, Margravine of Baden . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 12-14.
  • Johann Christian Keck : Fear and Consolation of Christians, Bey the Most Serene Princess, Princess Annae, Marggräffin ... in Baden and Hochberg, ... in Pforzheim on November 1st 1672 burial . Durlach 1672 digitized version at the Baden State Library
personal data
SURNAME Anna Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baden-Durlach, Anna Maria von, Baden-Durlach, Anna Maria Margravine von; Baden and Hochberg, Anna Margravine too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margravine of Baden-Durlach; German poet, draftsman, painter and silhouette urin
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1672
Place of death Basel