BUST OF DAVID HILBERT
BUST OF DAVID HILBERT (1862–1943), Professor of Mathematicscast according to the original by Peter Kirchhoff (1928), 1986, plaster, since the damage in 2009 stored in the restoration workshop of the Archaeological Institute.
BUST OF D. WIESE
BUST OF D. WIESE, date unknown, plaster, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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
THE GÖTTINGEN CHEMIST RICHARD ZSIGMONDY WITH HIS SPANISH COLLEAGUE ANTONIO DE GREGORIO ROCASOLANO
THE GÖTTINGEN CHEMIST RICHARD ZSIGMONDY (1865-1929) WITH HIS SPANISH COLLEAGUE ANTONIO DE GREGORIO ROCASOLANO (1873-1941), working with the immersion ultramicroscope, developed by Zsigmondy and the Göttingen company Winkel,, circa 1920, Photograph (reproduction), Museum of Göttingen Chemistry, University of Göttingen
DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF MARGARETHE HERTER AND HER HUSBAND KONRAD HERTER
DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF MARGARETHE HERTER AND HER HUSBAND KONRAD HERTER, At the time of the photograph, Konrad Herter was an Assistant at the Zoological Institute of the University of Göttingen 1922, Photograph (Reproduction), Portrait collection of the German Museum Munich
04 SILHOUETTES
Between 1760 and 1830, the silhouette, fashioned as a paper cut-out or a drawing, was extremely popular among both men and women of the middle class as well as the aristocracy. In parlours and private gatherings of friends, silhouettes were easy and inexpensive to produce and therefore popular collectibles and barter objects. Mechanical tools such …
IN THE BEST LIGHT
Pencil, ruler and compass: these were classic insignia of a scholar in the 18th century. Staged as just such an example of an 18th century scholar is Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719-1800) in his portrait from 1769. Pencil, ruler and compass—these were also the tools with which the Göttingen professor for mathematics and physics put figures …
BUST OF CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB HEYNE
BUST OF CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB HEYNE (1729–1812) Professor for Classical Philology, Director of the University Library Johann Christian Ruhl, 1812, plaster Art Collection of the University
BUST OF CHRISTIAN AUGUST GOTTLIEB GOEDE
BUST OF CHRISTIAN AUGUST GOTTLIEB GOEDE (1774–1812), Professor of Law Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1813, marble Art Collection of the University
BUST OF DOROTHEA SCHLÖZER
BUST OF DOROTHEA SCHLÖZER (1770–1825), One of the so-called “University Housekeepers”, Jean-Antoine Houdon, date unknown, marble Art Collection of the University