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Already in the 1540s he had amply practiced the noble virtue of liberalitas,
not only by acquiring on an unprecedented scale the works of contemporary
scholars and scientists, but also by enabling many of them to compose and to
publish their works. He did this either by employing them in some capacity in
the firm or, more often, his household—the best example is his librarian, the
famous Greek scholar Hieronymus Wolf—but also by awarding them stipends
to study and to travel. This had already been a practice in his family, who often
maintained promising young students without means for years; though not
always without expecting some concrete return for their benevolence.12 Hans
Jakob’s father, Raymund, had set the example of a more disinterested patron-
age: he had enabled Petrus Apianus [Fig. 3.14] and Bartholomäus Amantius
to compose and to publish in 1534 their splendid Inscriptiones sacrosanctae
vetustatis <…> totius fere orbis, which was in part based on Raymund’s own col-
lection [Figs. 3.15–3.17].
The extent of Hans Jakob’s patronage, however, greatly surpassed those
of his relatives. It is best demonstrated by the extensive list of books that his
protégées presented or dedicated to him. This list gives over forty names, and
opens with Syrianus’ comments on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, in a translation by
Girolamo Bagolino, which was published in 1558 by the Accademia Veneta with
a very flattering dedication to Fugger. The Accademia della Fama, as it was also
called, had been founded in that year by the Venetian nobleman Federico Ba-
doer, after consultations with intellectuals and princes from all over Europe,
among which Fugger was the most important German representative. Among
the other Italians we find Anton Francesco Doni—not surprisingly the copy of
the first book of his Le Ville which he presented to Hans Jakob includes an addi-
tional manuscript text ‘La Villa Fucchara’—the antiquary Ortensio Landi, the
ecclesiastical historian Onofrio Panvinio, and Jacopo Strada himself. Among the
learned Germans we find Sigmund Gelenius, the bibliographer and naturalist
Conrad Gesner, Johann Ludwig Brassicanus, Nikolaus Mameranus, Abraham
Loescher, Johann Heinrich Münzinger, Johannes Pedioneus, the printer Jo-
hannes Oporinus, and Hieronymus Wolf, to mention only a few.13
12 Hartig 1917, pp. 201–223. The Augsburg student Hieronymus Fröschl was, for instance,
maintained by Anton and Hans Jakob Fugger for over twelve years in his studies, which
culminated in his doctorate at Ferrara in 1556. He had obliged himself to serve the firm
in his capacity as a lawyer for a few years, yet this hardly detracts from the merit of such
patronage: doubtlessly the Fugger could easily have found competent lawyers without
financing their entire education! Hans Jakob also financed the travels (1548–1550) and
gave detailed instructions about the curriculum of the young medical student Lorenz
Grill, who was appointed professor at Ingolstadt immediately upon his return (ibidem,
pp. 203–204).
13 This is an arbitrary selection! see Maasen 1922, pp. 81–91; Hartig 1917, pp. 193–223; in his
dedication to Fugger of his Epitome du thrésor <…> (Strada 1553<a> and <b>), Strada
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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
The Antique as Innovation, Volume 1
- Title
- Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
- Subtitle
- The Antique as Innovation
- Volume
- 1
- Author
- Dirk Jacob Jansen
- Publisher
- Brill
- Location
- Leiden
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-90-04-35949-9
- Size
- 15.8 x 24.1 cm
- Pages
- 572
- Categories
- Biographien
- Kunst und Kultur
Table of contents
- Preface XV
- Acknowledgements XVIII
- Acknowledgments of Financial Support Received XXI
- List of Abbreviations XXII
- Introduction: The Image—Or from Whom (Not?) to Buy a Second-Hand Car 1
- 0.1 The Portraits of Jacopo and Ottavio Strada 1
- 0.2 Why are These Portraits so Special? 4
- 0.3 Motions of the Mind 4
- 0.4 What is Known About Strada: Early Notices 9
- 0.5 Quellenkunde: Some Sources Published in the NineteenthCentury 15
- 0.6 Kulturgeschichte before World War II 19
- 0.7 Romance: Josef Svátek and the Rudolfine Legend 21
- 0.8 A (Very) Modest Place in the History of Classical Scholarship 24
- 0.9 Contemporary Scholarship 25
- 0.10 What Has Not Been Written on Jacopo Strada 37
- 0.11 Weaving the Strands Together: The Purpose of this Study 39
- 1 Early Years: Family Background, Education, Giulio Romano 45
- 2 Travel: Rome, Landshut, Nuremberg—Strada’s Connection withWenzel Jamnitzer 67
- 3 In Hans Jakob Fuggers’s Service 107
- 3.1 Hans Jakob Fugger 107
- 3.2 Fugger as a Patron and Collector 114
- 3.3 Fugger’s Employment of Strada 121
- 3.4 Architectural Patronage for the Fuggers: The DonauwörthStudiolo 134
- 3.5 Strada’s Trips to Lyon 137
- 3.6 Strada’s Contacts in Lyon: Sebastiano Serlio 149
- 3.7 Civis Romanus: Strada’s Sojourn in Rome 156
- 3.8 Commissions and Purchases: The Genesis of Strada’s Musaeum 174
- 3.9 Departure from Rome 183
- 4 Antiquario Della Sacra Cesarea Maesta: Strada’s Tasksat Court 188
- 4.1 Looking for Patronage: Strada’s Arrival at the ImperialCourt 188
- 4.2 The Controversy with Wolfgang Lazius 200
- 4.3 ‘Obwol Ir.Maj. den Strada selbst dier Zeit wol zu geprauchen’: Strada’s Tasks at Court 210
- 4.4 Indirect Sources Throwing Light on Strada’s Employment at Court 242
- 4.5 Conclusion 248
- 5 Jacopo Strada as an Imperial Architect: Background 251
- 5.1 Introduction: The Austrian Habsburgs as Patrons of Architecture 251
- 5.2 The Prince as Architect: Ferdinand I and Maximilian II asAmateurs and Patrons of Architecture 255
- 5.3 ‘Adeste Musae’: Maximilian’s Hunting Lodge and Garden in the Prater 290
- 5.4 The Imperial Residence: Status quo at Strada’s Arrival 307
- 5.5 The Architectural Infrastructure at the Imperial Court 319
- 5.6 Strada’s Competence as an Architect 331
- 6 Strada’s Role in Projects Initiated by Emperor Ferdinand I 339
- 7 An Object Lesson: Strada’s House in Vienna 367
- 8 The Munich Antiquarium 383
- 9 The Neugebäude 430
- 9.1 The Tomb of Ferdinand I and Anna in Prague; Licinio’s Paintings in Pressburg 431
- 9.2 Kaiserebersdorf and Katterburg 432
- 9.3 Sobriety versus Conspicuous Consumption 437
- 9.4 Hans Jakob Fugger’s Letter 438
- 9.5 Description of the Complex 441
- 9.6 The Personal Involvement of Emperor Maximilian II 455
- 9.7 Ottoman Influence? 463
- 9.8 Classical Sources: Roman Castrametatio and the Fortified Palace of Diocletian at Split 467
- 9.9 Classical Sources: Monuments of Ancient Rome 480
- 9.10 Contemporary Italian Architecture 489
- 9.11 Strada’s Contribution 500
- 9.12 Conclusion: Strada’s Role in the Design of the Neugebäude 507
- 10 Other Patrons of Architecture 514
- 10.1 The Courtyard of the Landhaus in Graz 514
- 10.2 The Residence for Archduke Ernest 517
- 10.3 Other Patrons: Vilém z Rožmberk 520
- 10.4 Jan Šembera Černohorský z Boskovic and BučoviceCastle 524
- 10.5 Christoph von Teuffenbach: The House in Vienna and the Castle at Drnholec 530
- 10.6 Reichard Strein von Schwarzenau and the Castle at Schwarzenau 534
- 10.7 Conclusion 542