Carl Friedrich von Heineken

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Carl Friedrich von Heineken , modernized Karl Friedrich von Heineken , (* 1752 in Dresden ; † 1815 ) was a German etcher and art collector as well as Electoral Saxon and finally royal Saxon chamber councilor and heir, feudal lord and court lord of Altdöbern .

Life

Heineken was the son of the later art writer and collector, librarian and director of the Dresden Kupferstichkabinett Carl Heinrich von Heineken , Heinrich von Brühl's favorite . Together with sister Friederike Magdalene, wife of the manor owner Günther von Bünau , he inherited the extensive paternal property, its collections, including an important collection of incunabula, and its assets. Her mother was Friederike Magdalena, née Nöller. After the death of the father, he wrote several statements in defense of the father against allegations of favoritism and favor.

Carl Friedrich von Heineken's goods included Altdöbern, where he expanded the castle library there, and Bollensdorf. Furthermore, he had been enfeoffed with the Pirkau manor near Zeitz since 1777. His brother-in-law Günther von Bünau owned this estate.

As an artist, Carl Friedrich Heineken is referred to in the catalog of the Ott'schen Kupferstichsammlung as a dilettante in drawing and copper etching .

Carl Friedrich von Heineken's son was Colonel Karl Ludwig von Heineken, who, as adjutant to King Friedrich August I of Saxony , was captured with him in the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813. In 1819 Karl Ludwig von Heineken married Mathilde born. Vitzthum of Eckstädt.

literature

  • Otto Eduard Schmidt : Minister Count Brühl and Karl Heinrich von Heinecken. Leipzig / Berlin 1921.
  • C. Dittrich, Carl Heinrich von Heineken's art historical writings . In: Yearbook of the Dresden State Art Collections , 1965/66, pp. 79–85.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog of the Ott'schen Kupferstichsammlung , 1851, p. 114.
  2. ^ Otto Eduard Schmidt : Minister Count Brühl and Karl Heinrich von Heinecken. Leipzig / Berlin 1921, p. 222.
personal data
SURNAME Heineken, Carl Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heineken, Karl Friedrich von; Heinecken, Karl Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German etcher and art collector as well as Saxon chamberlain
DATE OF BIRTH 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 1815