Eberhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg

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Eberhard Freiherr Schenk zu Schweinsberg (born February 4, 1893 in Darmstadt , † March 29, 1990 in Wiesbaden ) was a German art historian .

Life

Eberhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg was the youngest child of the State Archives Director and regional historian Gustav Schenk zu Schweinsberg (1842–1922). He studied art history, archeology and history in Darmstadt, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin and Jena and received his doctorate from the University of Jena in 1921 . In 1919 he became a museum assistant in Weimar , and in 1923 curator there. From 1929 to 1934 he was director of the Städtische Galerie in Wiesbaden and head of the Nassau Art Association. From 1934 to 1946 he was director of the ducal institutions for art and science in Gotha. In 1948 he returned to Wiesbaden. He then published in particular on castles and glass art.

Publications (selection)

  • The illustrations of the Chronicle of Flanders - manuscript no 437 - of the city library of Bruges and their relationship to Hans Memling (= studies on German art history. Issue 224). Heitz, Strasbourg 1922 (dissertation, archive.org ).
  • List of etchings by Georg Melchior Kraus. In: Yearbook of the Kippenberg Collection. Volume 7, 1927/28, ISSN  0448-133X , pp. 277-302 ( digitized version ), additions to: Yearbook of the Kippenberg Collection. Volume 10, 1935, pp. 316-318 ( digitized version ).
  • Georg Melchior Kraus. Weimar 1930 (= writings of the Goethe Society. Volume 43).
  • Episcopal Diocesan Museum, Limburg / Lahn. Limburg 1951.
  • Rheingau and Taunus ( German land, German art ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1957.
  • Homburg Castle in front of the height. Official leader. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1959.
  • Shape and decoration of the hollow glass using examples from the Schott Collection (= Schott writings 2). Jenaer Glaswerk Schott u. Gen., Mainz 1966.
  • Portrait glasses from the Heine Collection in Karlsruhe. Ariel publishing house, Frankfurt a. M. 1970.
  • Wilhelmshöhe Castle . Administration of the State Palaces and Gardens in Hesse, Bad Homburg von der Höhe 1974.
  • Fasanerie before Fulda (=  Small art and church leaders . No. 973 ). Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1974.

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personal data
SURNAME Gift to Schweinsberg, Eberhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schenk zu Schweinsberg, Eberhard Freiherr (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1990
Place of death Wiesbaden