MAGNUS CRUSE
MAGNUS CRUSE (1697–1751), Professor of Theology, F. Reibenstein, 1747, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
JOACHIM OPORIN
JOACHIM OPORIN (1695–1753), Professor of Theology, F. Reibenstein, 1747, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
PARAGONS
The various series of scholar portraits were commonly exhibited in representative halls of the University such as the library or, as is the example here in Marburg, in the auditorium. They were intended to serve as role models for the students to emulate. Furthermore, it was supposed to express tradition and class consciousness of the
FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO THE CELLAR
By the end of the 18th Century, the series of portraits of the Göttingen professors consisted of 40 paintings. In the beginning, they hung close together in the main conference hall (Konzilienhaus) of the University. The building was the scene of important decisions and served as a meeting place for the Göttingen scholars as well
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University Marburg
The grand or juridical auditorium (later called the Aula) of the University Marburg in the former Dominican monastery, Ferdinand Justi, 1890, water colour drawing, Original in the Marburg state archives.
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Gabrielle Emilie Marquise du Chatelet
The french mathematician, physicist and philosopher Gabrielle Emilie Marquise du Chatelet (1706-1749) was one of the few women to be included in the journal ‘Bilder-Sal’.
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MAX VOIT: PORTRAITS OF TWO CENTURIES OF GÖTTINGEN PROFESSORS
MAX VOIT: PORTRAITS OF TWO CENTURIES OF GÖTTINGEN PROFESSORS (1737–1937), Göttingen 1937
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LUDWIG PRANDTL
When you’re looking at this photograph, can you account for the other people who were involved in the production of the flow channel without whom Ludwig Prandtl, Head of the Aerodynamic Research Station Göttingen, would not have become the “father of flow research”? LUDWIG PRANDTL (1875–1953), 1930s, photograph (reproduction), City Museum Göttingen
ARNOLD EUCKEN AND HIS FIANCEE FRITZI BRAUSEWETTER
ARNOLD EUCKEN (1884–1950) AND HIS FIANCEE FRITZI BRAUSEWETTER (1895–1955), At the time of the photographs, Arnold Eucken was a private lecturer at the Chemical Institute of the University of Göttingen 1911, Photograph (reproduction), Museum of Göttingen Chemistry, University of Göttingen
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DOROTHEA VON SCHLÖZER
DOROTHEA VON SCHLÖZER (1770–1825), Philosopher and one of the so-called “University Housekeepers”, Silhouettes from Gregorius von Berzeviczy’s friendship album, artist unknown, around 1784-1786, Silhouettes (reproduction), Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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