How to Cite

Opitz, Ursula: Malerei und Wissenschaft: Philipp Uffenbachs Eintrag im "Stammbuch" des Daniel Stoltzius von Stoltzenberg, in Wagner, Berit and Gannon, Corinna (Eds.): Opus magnum: Matthäus Merian d.Ä. und die Bebilderung der Alchemie, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2024, p. 293–300. https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1311.c19547

License (Chapter)

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Identifiers (Book)

https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1311
ISBN 978-3-98501-245-9 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-98501-246-6 (Hardcover)

Published

05/08/2024

Downloads

Download chapter (PDF/3MB)
Statistic

Authors

Ursula Opitz

Malerei und Wissenschaft

Philipp Uffenbachs Eintrag im "Stammbuch" des Daniel Stoltzius von Stoltzenberg

In the early 17th century, Philipp Uffenbach was one of the most respected artists in Frankfurt. In addition to painting and printmaking, he was interested in the natural sciences. As the author of two books in which the strictly Bible-believing Uffenbach dealt with astronomy, astrology, geography and mathematics, he showed that such sciences are not in conflict with Christian culture. This also corresponded to Stoltzius’s attitude, because he sought the acquaintance of Uffenbach during his stay in Frankfurt in 1622 and exclusively presented his “Stammbuch” to him and to the publisher Lucas Jennis, who was acquainted with both of them. Uffenbach supplemented his dedication text in the “Stammbuch” with a carefully composed drawing that illustrates a verse from the so-called Epistle of James.