Gemstone bouquet
The gemstone bouquet is a baroque miniature gemstone collection of 2,863 gemstones and gemstones and is one of the most historically important objects in the Natural History Museum in Vienna .
The gemstone bouquet is a 2.8 kilogram and 50 centimeter high flower bouquet made from precious stones by the Viennese jeweler Michael Grosser. It was completed around 1760.
The baroque miniature gemstone collection is a gift from Maria Theresa to her husband Franz Stephan . It is unique because of the value of the stones and their artful processing.
The work of art consists of many glittering flowers and insects made of 2,102 diamonds and 761 colored gemstones and gemstones, which were counted on the gemstone bouquet in 1997. The vase, cut from rock crystal , the leaves made from light green (heavily bleached) silk can be found in room IV of the mineralogical department of the Natural History Museum.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote in his work From my life. Fiction and truth about the gemstone bouquet already in its creation phase: “Everyone knew that Emperor Franz had a great affinity for jewels, especially colored stones. Lautensack had spent a considerable sum (and, as it was later found, greater than his property) on such gemstones, and began to form a bouquet of flowers from it, in which each stone should stand out favorably according to its shape and color and the whole should give a work of art. worth standing in an emperor's treasure vault. "
In fact, the 2.8 kilogram and 50 centimeter high flower bouquet was completed by the Viennese jeweler Michael Grosser around 1760. If you believe Goethe, however, the Frankfurt jeweler Johann Gottfried Lautensack did the preparatory work.
According to the stories, Maria Theresa had the gemstone bouquet placed in the minerals cabinet of her husband as a "little name day surprise" in 1764. The Empress supported her husband's passion for mineralogy and mining in order to promote the economic boom of the empire. This exhibit became the cornerstone of one of the most traditional and valuable collections of gemstones in Europe.
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- Profile (PDF; 2.2 MB) , accessed on December 14, 2012
- Official homepage , accessed December 14, 2012
- Press description , accessed on December 14, 2012
- Description Gemstone bouquet , accessed December 14, 2012
literature
- Jovanović-Kruspel, S. (Ed.): Natural History Museum Vienna - A guide to the collections . Residenz Verlag 1979, ISBN 978-3-902421-61-6
- NHM Top 100 . Verlag Edition Lammerhuber, ISBN 978-3-902421-59-3
- Dr. Renate Zedinger: Lorraine's heir Franz Stephan von Lothringen (1708–1765) and his work in the economy, science and art of the Habsburg monarchy . Publisher: St. Pölten Amt d. Lower Austria State government 2000, ISBN 978-3-85460-196-8 (formerly: ISBN 3-85460-196-4 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: From my life. Poetry and truth. Fourth book ( Memento from August 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
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