Daniel Eulenbeck the Elder J.

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Daniel Eulenbeck, portrait of the predella of his epitaph

Daniel owls Beck d. J. (born April 25, 1570 in Dresden ; † October 26, 1587 in Leipzig ) was a student at the University of Leipzig . His parents erected an epitaph in his honor , which can be seen in the St. Pauli University Church in Leipzig .

Life

Daniel Eulenbeck was the son of the Elector of Saxon Court Councilor Wolfgang Eulenbeck and Ursula von Sode . Lindemann born. His first name Daniel is a reference to his uncle Daniel Eulenbeck .

In the winter semester of 1584/85 he began studying at the University of Leipzig . On October 25, 1587, took part in the celebrations for the wedding of Christoph Sigismund von Bila and fell down a flight of stairs. He died the next day as a result of this accident. He was buried on October 28th in the St. Pauli University Church in Leipzig . In honor of their only son, his parents had three memorials erected; In addition to a grave slab and a life-size statue, which was destroyed when the University Church of St. Pauli in Leipzig was blown up, only one representative painting epitaph has survived.

epitaph

Epitaph for Daniel Eulenbeck

The magnificent Renaissance epitaph shows a resurrection scene in the main panel , the predella shows the donor family (from left to right: Daniel Eulenbeck, his father Wolfgang, his mother and his younger sister Katharina) and an inscription panel . Everything is framed by a white and gold carved architecture with fittings, lion masks and putti heads. The main panel is by Jan de Perre, the framing by Valentin Silbermann. The epitaph was located in the north choir of the university church in 1895 and was transferred to the north wall of the south choir in 1896. The current location, the north wall of the south aisle, is linked to this. A similar epitaph was in the Dresden Kreuzkirche , the place where his father worked, until the Seven Years' War .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RESTAURO, epitaphs of the University Church of St. Pauli, 5th revised edition, August 2016
  2. ^ Art possession of the University of Leipzig Inventory number 1913: 328. Epitaph of Daniel Eulenbeck (probably 1568-1587) 1596. Paulinerkirche.org.
  3. ↑ cf. also Daniel Eulenbeck, 1570 Dresden - 1587 Leipzig. Art collection of the University of Leipzig, online collection.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen (ed.): Ade world, I am now out of it . 1st edition. Contributions to the history of Leipzig university and science. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02707-1 , p. 145 ff .
personal data
SURNAME Eulenbeck, Daniel the Elder J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eulenbeck d. J., Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German student
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1570
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1587
Place of death Leipzig