Carl Otto von Löwenstern
Carl Otto von Löwenstern (born June 24, 1755 in Antsla in Livonia; † March 11, 1833 in Dresden ), Livonian manor owner and district administrator and patron of the painter Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein .
Life
Carl Otto von Löwenstern came from the Livonian branch of the Baltic German noble family von Löwenstern . Together with his older cousin, the later Saxon-Weimar Councilor Paul Ludwig Johann von Löwenstern (1752-1824), he began studying law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen in 1771 . On September 25, 1772 he became a member of the student order "ZN", which was the social leader in the student society in Göttingen . In the summer of 1773, both cousins Löwenstern joined the (second) Harz trip of the brothers Christian and Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg , both members of the Göttingen Hainbund , undertook together with their friends CFLB Graf von Dönhoff and Christian von Haugwitz , who later became the Prussian state chancellor, on.
After completing his studies, Carl Otto von Löwenstern initially returned to Livonia. He was district administrator there from 1802 to 1806. After that he lived in Dresden . Here he made a name for himself in art history as a patron of the painter Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein . He initially employed him as a drawing teacher for his daughters, but then invited him to the Baltic States. Vogel accepted this invitation in 1807 and after a time in Dorpat in 1808 at the Russian court in Saint Petersburg, he became a sought-after portraitist of the nobility, which provided him with the necessary means for his further development as a painter until 1812 and made the time in Italy possible.
family
Löwenstern was married to Anna Maria von Bayer. Their daughter Sophie (1788–1855) married the naturalist Franz Gabriel von Bray .
literature
- Götz von Selle : The register of the Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen 1734-1837 . Hildesheim, Leipzig 1937
- Walter Richter: The Esperance and ZN Order , in: Once and Now . 1974 yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research, pp. 30–54
Individual evidence
- ^ Matriculation on October 8, 1771 from Curland
- ^ Matriculation on October 8, 1771 from Curland
- ↑ Richter: The Order of Esperance and ZN , No. 56
- ↑ Dönhoff was also accepted into the ZN student order in December 1773. Judge: The Esperance and ZN Order , No. 72
- ^ Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock : Works and Letters - Apparatus / Comment / Appendix , De Gruyter 2001, p. 388 ISBN 3-11-016734-4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löwenstern, Carl Otto von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic district administrator in Russian service |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antsla |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1833 |
| Place of death | Dresden |