Karl Friedrich Emich von Uexküll

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Karl Friedrich Emich von Uexküll (born August 4, 1755 in Stuttgart , † February 23, 1832 in Ludwigsburg ) was a Württemberg art collector and writer from the Uexküll noble family (he wrote himself Ixküll ).

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After poor school lessons, in which he learned to read and love the original Latin classics, Friedrich Emich studied law in Göttingen. Here, the lectures by Christian Gottlob Heyne , which he attended on the side, aroused his enthusiasm for art and antiquity. In the Württemberg civil service, he quickly rose to the rank of aristocratic councilor and president of the tutelar council , since 1795 with the title of Privy Council. Sickness and hearing loss, which finally turned into complete deafness, caused him to resign in 1806. He now devoted himself entirely to the study of literature and art. From 1810 to 1822 he was the local ruler of the village of Mönchzell , but lived in Stuttgart , at Eschenau Castle near Weinsberg , in Heilbronn , where Schiller's childhood friend Colonel Scharffenstein and the poet Karl Mayer were among his house friends, and most recently in Ludwigsburg . There he married Sophie Elisabeth Hardegg after his father, who did not approve of this connection, died in 1810.

Literary work

On three trips to Italy in 1804, 1805 and 1810-1811 he deepened his knowledge of art history. Friedrich Emich cultivated friendships with artists, including the painters Schick, Koch, Wallis the Elder, Reinhart, the so-called. Teufelsmüller and the sculptors Thorwaldsen, Wagner, Eberhard belonged. As a patron, he supported every German artist living in Rome, preferably the Württemberg ones. His diaries are a rich treasure trove for the history of classical art. He had a special friendship with the painter Eberhard von Wächter , to whom he proved to be a patron in difficult times. Friedrich Emich laid down his thoughts on art in several writings, such as the "Fragments about Italy. In letters to a friend." (Anonymous 1811), in the draft of a history of the advances in the fine arts in Württemberg from H. Schickard's times up to 1815 (attached as the 3rd supplement to the biography of the builder Schickhardt von Eberh. Von Gemmingen published by him in 1821 ) and in the fragments about some recent works of art in letters from a traveler Layen (Anonymous 1825).

Art collection

His famous collection of copperplate engravings, woodcuts, hand drawings and paintings was inherited by his nephew, Oberforstrat Freiherr von Uexküll in Karlsruhe, and from there to the Freiherr von Marschallsche family in Karlsruhe.

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SURNAME Uexküll, Karl Friedrich Emich from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ixküll, Karl Friedrich Emich from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg art collector and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1832
Place of death Ludwigsburg