Christian Joseph Jagemann (1735,

Dingelstädt Dingelstädt is a town in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the upper course of the river Unstrut, south of Leinefelde-Worbis and northwest of Mühlhausen. The former municipalities Helmsdorf, Kefferhausen, Kre ...

– 5 February 1804,

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) was a German scholar, court-advisor and librarian.

Life

Against his parents' wishes Christian became a monk, entering the Augustinian monastery at

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

in 1752. However, he soon fled to Denmark, where he became a private tutor. He reconciled with his parents and returned home, but then had to go to Rome and Florence as a Catholic priest. After his homecoming he joined the court of the prince of Mainz in 1774 as director of a church gymnasium in Erfurt, but lost this position the following year on the prince's death. Converting to Protestantism, in 1775 he became advisor and librarian to duchess Anna Amelia in

. By his written works he promoted knowledge of the Italian old masters to Germany. His successor as librarian was

Carl Ludwig Fernow Karl Ludwig Fernow (19 November 1763 – 4 December 1808) was a German art critic and archaeologist. Early life Fernow was born in Pomerania, the son of a servant in the household of the lord of Blumenhagen. At the age of twelve he became clerk ...

Children

Karoline Jagemann Baroness Karoline Jagemann von Heygendorff (25 January 1777, in Weimar – 10 July 1848, in Dresden) was a major German tragedienne and singer. Her great roles included Elizabeth in '' Mary Stuart'' (1800) and Beatrice in ''The Bride of Messina ...

(1777-1848), actress and singer *

Ferdinand Jagemann Ferdinand Jagemann (24 August 1780, Weimar – 9 January 1820, Weimar) was a German painter; known primarily for his portraits. Life He was the son of Christian Joseph Jagemann, the librarian for Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. ...

(1780-1820), painter * Marianne, wife of Adolph Freiherr von Danckelmann, 1806 to 1815

Works

* 1775: ''Geographische Beschreibung des Großherzogtums Toskana'', Gotha * 1777: ''Geschichte der freien Künste und Wissenschaften in Italien'', 5 vol, 1777-1781 * 1780: ''Magazin der italienischen Literatur und Künste'', 8 vol, 1780-1785 * 1805: ''Italienisches Wörterbuch'', 4 Bände, 1805 ;Translations * "Die Hölle" from Dante's ''Göttliche Komödie'' 1780-1782 (available on www.dantealighieri.dk) * Goethes "Hermann u. Dorothea." (e-text (Ermanno e Dorotea) on www.dantealighieri.dk),

External links

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''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagemann 1735 births 1804 deaths People from Eichsfeld (district) German librarians German art historians Augustinian friars Converts to Protestantism Roman Catholic friars 18th-century German Roman Catholic priests German male non-fiction writers Jagemann family