Philipp von Stosch: Collecting, Drawing, Studying and Publishing Engraved Gems
Feb 2025 · BRILL
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This book, published with two online appendices, highlights and discusses critically a facet of Stosch that stands in sharp contrast to the dense negative mythology of him as a spy, hoarder and libertine which for a long time obscured and undermined the true nature of his accomplishments as a serious antiquarian, collector, patron and scholar. The rediscovery and careful study of a substantial part of Stosch’s vast Paper Museum of Gems, previously considered lost, have made this thorough reassessment possible. Numerous artists, including Pier Leone Ghezzi, Girolamo Odam, Bernard Picart, Antonio Maria Zanetti, Theodorus Netscher, Markus Tuscher, Johann Justin Preißler, Georg Martin Preißler, Georg Abraham Nagel and Johann Adam Schweickart, worked for Stosch on the faithful documentation of an astonishing number of engraved gems. Made for a variety of purposes, the drawings testify to Stosch’s crucial role in the creation and transfer of knowledge that contributed to the transformation of eighteenth-century antiquarianism and revolutionised the study of gems.
This book, published with two online appendices, highlights and discusses critically a facet of Stosch that stands in sharp contrast to the dense negative mythology of him as a spy, hoarder and libertine which for a long time obscured and undermined the true nature of his accomplishments as a ser...
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Paweł Gołyźniak works as a Research Fellow in the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His research interests include engraved gems (ancient and neo-classical), Roman Republican and Augustan numismatics, history of antiquarianism, collecting and scholarship and the legacies of Philipp von Stosch (1691-1757) and Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674-1755). Author of Ancient Engraved Gems in the National Museum in Krakow (2017) and Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus (2020).
Ulf R. Hansson is Director of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome and Sr Research Fellow in Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. A classical archaeologist and cultural historian of ancient and early modern Italy, his research interests include classical and post-classical engraved gems, history of antiquarianism and archaeology, history of collecting and collections, and classical reception. He is the author of A Globolo Gems. Late Etrusco-Italic Scarab Intaglios (2005) and several articles and book chapters on Stosch and on the study of ancient glyptic.
Hadrien J. Rambach is an antiquities advisor, currently enrolled as a PhD student researching coin collectors of the 18th century. He has published numerous articles devoted to the Roman, Renaissance and Neoclassical numismatics and glyptics, and especially to the history of collecting.
Ulf R. Hansson is Director of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome and Sr Research Fellow in Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. A classical archaeologist and cultural historian of ancient and early modern Italy, his research interests include classical and post-classical engraved gems, history of antiquarianism and archaeology, history of collecting and collections, and classical reception. He is the author of A Globolo Gems. Late Etrusco-Italic Scarab Intaglios (2005) and several articles and book chapters on Stosch and on the study of ancient glyptic.
Hadrien J. Rambach is an antiquities advisor, currently enrolled as a PhD student researching coin collectors of the 18th century. He has published numerous articles devoted to the Roman, Renaissance and Neoclassical numismatics and glyptics, and especially to the history of collecting.
Paweł Gołyźniak works as a Research Fellow in the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His research interests include engraved gems (ancient and neo-classical), Roman Republican and Augustan numismatics, history of antiquarianism, collecting and scholarship and the legacie...
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