JOHANN MATTHIAS GESNER
JOHANN MATTHIAS GESNER (1691–1761), Professor of Poetry and Rhetoric, First Director of the Library, Johann Jakob Haid, ca. 1745, mezzotint, Art collection of the University of Göttingen
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PRINT OF A SEGMENT FROM TOBIAS MAYERS’ UNFINISHED MOON GLOBE PROJECT
Due to the particularly velvety modelling, the art of mezzotint was a suitable technique for scientific illustrations. For his unfinished project of a moon globe, Tobias Mayer had his drawings of the surface of the celestial body carried out in individual segments as mezzotint because the craters and hills are particularly well accentuated in this
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HAND DRAWING OF A SEGMENT FROM TOBIAS MAYERS’ UNFINISHED MOON GLOBE PROJECT
HAND DRAWING OF A SEGMENT FROM TOBIAS MAYERS’ UNFINISHED MOON GLOBE PROJECT, Tobias Mayer, date unknown (around 1750), drawing, State and University Library of Göttingen
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COPPER PRINT PLATE FOR TOBIAS MAYERS’ UNFINISHED MOON GLOBE PROJECT
COPPER PRINT PLATE FOR TOBIAS MAYERS’ UNFINISHED MOON GLOBE PROJECT, date unknown (around 1750), copper, Collection of historical objects at the Institute for Astrophysics, University of Göttingen
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FRONTISPIECE
In the 17th century, portrait books of scholars became especially popular. Jean-Jacques Boissard’s portraits, which debuted in Frankfurt/Main between 1697-1599, became very well known. FRONTISPIECE, Jean Jacques Boissard: Bibliotheca chalcographica illustrium virtute […], Heidelberg 1669, State and University Library of Göttingen
FROM MIDWIFERY TO OBSTETRICAL SCIENCE
The portrait was created in 1751, shortly before Johann Roederer was appointed to work in Göttingen as an obstetrician. Demonstrating a stretched-out thumb and index finger are common indicators for the positioning of the hand during vaginal examinations of pregnant women. The bone identifies him as a doctor whose skill is based on exact anatomical
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DOCTOR ON DUTY TO SERVE YOUR MAJESTY
Even though Georg von Asch had only come to Göttingen for his studies, he maintained a close relationship with the Georgia Augusta throughout his life. Due to his position as a doctor in the medical administration of the Tsarist Empire in 1763, he was able to send a multitude of objects to Göttingen. The objects
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SCHOLARLY PICTURE PUZZLE
Christian Wilhelm Büttner, who was appointed to work in Göttingen as a professor for natural science in 1763, was not only a versatile scholar but also a passionate collector. In 1773 he bequeathed the University around 12,000 objects from his natural history collection in exchange for a life annuity. The objects were collectibles gathered from
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JOHANN GEORG ROEDERER
JOHANN GEORG ROEDERER (1726–1763), Professor of Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Hauwiller, 1751, oil on canvas, Gynaecological Clinic, University of Göttingen
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TYPICAL POSITIONING OF THE HAND OBSTETRICIANS USE FOR INTERNAL PELVIC MEASUREMENT
TYPICAL POSITIONING OF THE HAND OBSTETRICIANS USE FOR INTERNAL PELVIC MEASUREMENT, Eduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold: Images from the overall area of theoretical and practical obstetrics, Berlin 1829, panel vii, State and University Library of Göttingen
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