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Kandt, Kevin E.: Some notes on two allegorical drawings attributed to Andreas Schlüter the Younger from the Jacob Kabrun collection in the National Museum of Gdańsk
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Kevin progress only slowly and not get under way for some time being subject to delays
E. Kandt mainly owing to a lack of funds.97 Finally, the completed building was given over
to the Academy in August 1709 and two years later, on 19 January 1711, the cer-
emonial opening of the Academy of Sciences was held in the assembly chamber.98
’Mac aA.inituunpu'b^AtiJ^tc.ioTiit’LBoruJuz'vban
tFriSAri. c< nt > turn .
Fig. 25. Vignette Showing the Royal Academy of Sciences with Observatory Tower in Berlin
from a “Celestial Map of the Southern Hemisphere” (dated 1716-1718) published in Johann
Gabriel Doppelmaiers Atlas Ccelestis (Niirnberg 1742), plate 19, repr. Die Geschichte der
Astronomie in Berlin, eds. Dieter B. Hermann, Karl Friedrich Hoffmann, Berlin 1998, p. 29)
The Berlin court-architect and engineer Martin Griinberg (1656-1706),99
who assumed responsibility for the Academy project in 1696-97, planned the
construction of a high tower from the existing central pavilion in 1700/01-1706
which was ultimately to house the observatory.100 To realize the task of erecting
im Europa der Friihaufklarung, exhibition catalogue, eds. Joachim Bahlcke, Bogusław Dybaś,
Hartmut Randolph, Dofiel 2010, p. 308-325.
97 Harnack, Geschichte..., p. 106; Brather Leibniz..., p. 31-36, 369-382, 386-389;
Marian Card Donnelly, A Short History of Observatories, Eugene, Oregon 1973, p. 30-32;
Gerd van den Huevel, Leibniz in Berlin, exhibition catalogue, Berlin 1987.
98 See: Harnack, Geschichte..., p. 105-106, 122-123, 126, 131, 142, 145, 147-148, 152,
157,165,166,173-175; SchiedlauskyMartin Griinberg..., p. 151-160, 238 (note 693), 239 (note
708); Brather Leibniz..., p. 386-389; Wolfgang Knobloch, Joachim Rex, Zur Geschichte des Sitzes
der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften, “Berlin-Brandenburg Akademie der Wissenschaften
Jahrbuch” 1994, p. 431-433.
99 Thieme, Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon..., vol. 15, p. 128-129. - Kiinstlerlexikon...,
vol. 63, p. 367-368.
100 Johann Elert Bode, Histoire abregee de I’Observatoire Royale de Berlin, “Memories
de l’Academie des Sciences et Belles Lettres” 1801, nr 16, p. 34-40; Donnelly, A Short History...,
p. 30-31; Heckmann, Baumeister..., p. 138-139; Friedhelm Schwemin, Der Berliner Astronom.
194
E. Kandt mainly owing to a lack of funds.97 Finally, the completed building was given over
to the Academy in August 1709 and two years later, on 19 January 1711, the cer-
emonial opening of the Academy of Sciences was held in the assembly chamber.98
’Mac aA.inituunpu'b^AtiJ^tc.ioTiit’LBoruJuz'vban
tFriSAri. c< nt > turn .
Fig. 25. Vignette Showing the Royal Academy of Sciences with Observatory Tower in Berlin
from a “Celestial Map of the Southern Hemisphere” (dated 1716-1718) published in Johann
Gabriel Doppelmaiers Atlas Ccelestis (Niirnberg 1742), plate 19, repr. Die Geschichte der
Astronomie in Berlin, eds. Dieter B. Hermann, Karl Friedrich Hoffmann, Berlin 1998, p. 29)
The Berlin court-architect and engineer Martin Griinberg (1656-1706),99
who assumed responsibility for the Academy project in 1696-97, planned the
construction of a high tower from the existing central pavilion in 1700/01-1706
which was ultimately to house the observatory.100 To realize the task of erecting
im Europa der Friihaufklarung, exhibition catalogue, eds. Joachim Bahlcke, Bogusław Dybaś,
Hartmut Randolph, Dofiel 2010, p. 308-325.
97 Harnack, Geschichte..., p. 106; Brather Leibniz..., p. 31-36, 369-382, 386-389;
Marian Card Donnelly, A Short History of Observatories, Eugene, Oregon 1973, p. 30-32;
Gerd van den Huevel, Leibniz in Berlin, exhibition catalogue, Berlin 1987.
98 See: Harnack, Geschichte..., p. 105-106, 122-123, 126, 131, 142, 145, 147-148, 152,
157,165,166,173-175; SchiedlauskyMartin Griinberg..., p. 151-160, 238 (note 693), 239 (note
708); Brather Leibniz..., p. 386-389; Wolfgang Knobloch, Joachim Rex, Zur Geschichte des Sitzes
der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften, “Berlin-Brandenburg Akademie der Wissenschaften
Jahrbuch” 1994, p. 431-433.
99 Thieme, Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon..., vol. 15, p. 128-129. - Kiinstlerlexikon...,
vol. 63, p. 367-368.
100 Johann Elert Bode, Histoire abregee de I’Observatoire Royale de Berlin, “Memories
de l’Academie des Sciences et Belles Lettres” 1801, nr 16, p. 34-40; Donnelly, A Short History...,
p. 30-31; Heckmann, Baumeister..., p. 138-139; Friedhelm Schwemin, Der Berliner Astronom.
194