Philipp Hainhofer (21 July 1578 – 1647) was a merchant, banker, diplomat and art collector in
Augsburg
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. He is remembered, among other things, for the
curiosity cabinets (''Kunstschränke'') which he created with the assistance of a large number of Augsburg artisans.
Hainhofer studied law at the Universities of
Siena
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and
Padua
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, traveled through
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,
Germany
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and the
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, and acquired a good knowledge of art and several languages. He was elected to the senate of Augsburg in 1605 and was chosen as political correspondent in the city by the
King of France
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, the
Margrave of Baden and Duke
Philip II of Pomerania. he last of these was of particular significance and Hainhofer acted as agent for the Duke in acquiring art and objects for a ''
Kunstkammer'' (
curiosity chamber), and in composing the famous so-called ''Pommerscher Kunstschrank'' (Pomeranian curiosity cabinet), which was made 1615-1617 and given as a gift to the Duke; it was destroyed in a fire during
Berlin bombing campaign at the end of
World War II
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. He is also known for building the first cuckoo clock in Black Forest, Germany.
Philip of Pomerania and other princes used Hainhofer for various diplomatic missions and the contacts Hainhofer made on his journeys also served to develop his business as an art agent, and he produced additional curiosity cabinets. In 1632, one was presented by Hainhofer on behalf of the City of Augsburg to King
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
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. This cabinet, which is the best preserved of Hainhofer's ''Kunstschränke'', is on display in the
Museum Gustavianum of the
University of Uppsala. Another one, made for
Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, is preserved in the
Rijksmuseum
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in
Amsterdam
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. Hainhofer also compiled an ''
album amicorum'' containing signatures of many great names from across Europe which became known as ''Das Große Stammbuch'' and was eventually acquired by the
Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.
References
*Oscar Doering
Biographyin ''
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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Further reading
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* Jochen Brüning & Friedrich Niewöhner (eds.), ''Augsburg in der Frühen Neuzeit. Beiträge zu einem Forschungsprogramm'' (1995)
External links
Presentation and very large and detailed imageof the cabinet made for Duke August of Brunswick-Lüneburg, at the Rijksmuseum.
about the Uppsala cabinet
The King's Kunstkammer a Danish Internet exhibition on the idea behind renaissance art and curiosity chambers (text in English)
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J. Paul Getty Museum
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Augsburg Cabinet: 3-D model online interactive with high-resolution photography, description of subjects depicted, and mapping of exotic materials
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1578 births
1647 deaths
Businesspeople from Augsburg
German bankers
German diplomats
University of Siena alumni
University of Padua alumni