Königswarter daguerreotype
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| Königswarter daguerreotype Kynžvartská daguerrotype |
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| Louis Daguerre , 1839 |
| Daguerreotype |
| Castle Kynžvart ( Kynžvart ) (owner), National Technical Museum (Exhibitor) |
The Königswarter daguerreotype (Czech Kynžvartská daguerrotypie ) is one of the early daguerreotypes of the inventor of this photographic process, which he personally donated to Prince Metternich . Photography has been a national cultural monument in the Czech Republic since 2006 .
history
In 1837, the French inventor Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) achieved a breakthrough in his efforts to produce light-stable photographs. However, it was not until August 1839 that the daguerreotype process had matured to such an extent that it was presented to the public at a joint meeting of the Paris Academies of Science and Fine Arts.
In the same year Daguerre handed the Austrian Chancellor Prince Klemens Wenzel Metternich with a handwritten dedication a copy of this new photographic process, which this, his art and curiosities collection on Castle Kynžvart (German Kynžvart ) added. On the back, the Chancellor noted that he had received the picture before the technology was presented to the public.
With the confiscation of the castle and the art collection located there in 1945, photography passed into the possession of the Czech state (Mobiliární fond Kynžvart, inventory numbers KY KY 1550 and 1550B).
The valuable photograph is one of the oldest preserved daguerreotypes and was therefore declared a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic in 2006 .
When the Königswart Castle was closed in 1985 for years of renovation work, the picture was loaned to the National Technical Museum in Prague , where it is exhibited together with other daguerreotypes.
Description of the artwork
Daguerre made the daguerreotype as a studio shot. A still life made up of various art objects not known in detail is shown.
As can be seen from the reversed label on the frame of the picture hung in the background, a mirror was used for the picture. If you assume the typical label size, you can also deduce the size of the statue in the picture, which was about 160 cm tall.
Trivia
Prince Metternich collected numerous daguerreotypes at Königswart Castle. These included the oldest microdaguerreotype image, which Andreas von Ettingshausen made in 1840. Using a gas microscope with 14x magnification, he made a cross-section through the stem of a clematis . This picture is now in the collection of the Albertina in Vienna .
Web links
- National Technical Museum Prague, permanent photographic exhibition
- National Technical Museum Prague, daguerreotype
- History of the picture on the website of Königswart Castle
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kynžvartská daguerrotypie ÚSKP 305 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
- ↑ ŘÍHA, Miloš. Nejstarší fotografie na světě. Zámek Kynžvart, 2004
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.ntm.cz/expozice/fotograficky-atelier
- ↑ http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/d5fb221f-1f0a-2719-6216-44fb99ddc51e
- ↑ http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/59fa6770-c9fc-11e3-992a-cbda03c765ec#object
Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 15.5 " N , 12 ° 36 ′ 20.1" E