ALBRECHT VON HALLER
ALBRECHT VON HALLER (1708–1777), Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Botany, F. Reibenstein, Mid 18th Cent., oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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GEORG LUDWIG BÖHMER
GEORG LUDWIG BÖHMER (1715–1797), Professor of Law, Carl Anton Friedrich Lafontaine, 1790, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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JOHANN ANDREAS VON SEGNER
JOHANN ANDREAS VON SEGNER (1704–1777), Professor of Physics and Mathematics, F. Reibenstein, 1747, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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JOHANN GOTTFRIED BRENDEL
JOHANN GOTTFRIED BRENDEL (1712–1758), Professor of Medicine, F. Reibenstein, 1747, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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JAKOB WILHELM FEUERLEIN
JAKOB WILHELM FEUERLEIN (1689–1766), Professor of Theology and General Superintendent of the University, F. Reibenstein, 1747, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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JOHANN STEPHAN PÜTTER
JOHANN STEPHAN PÜTTER (1725–1807), Professor of Law, Carl Anton Friedrich Lafontaine, 1790, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
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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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