Esther Barbara Bloemart

Esther Barbara Bloemart
Portrait of Esther Barbara von Sandrart, 18th century, by Georg Desmarées
Born1651 (1651)
Died1733 (aged 81–82)
Other namesEsther Barbara von Sandart
SpouseJoachim von Sandrart (m. 1673–1688, death)

Esther Barbara Bloemart, also known as Esther Barbara von Sandrart (1651–1733),[1][2][3] was a German art collector.

Biography

Esther Barbara Bloemart was born on 7 June 1651 in Germany.[4][5] Her father was banker Wilhelm Bloemart and her mother was Anna Elisabeth Bloemart (née Salmuthin), they lived in Nuremberg.[5][6][7]

In 1673, she was married to biographer Joachim von Sandrart, as his second wife.[8][5] Bloemart was 45 years younger than Sandart.[5] When her husband died in 1688, she began collecting objects.[5] Her collection was housed in Nuremberg and was intensive; it spanned from natural objects like butterflies to coins, ethnographic artifacts, and more.[5]

Artist Georg Desmarées made portraits of Bloemart, including in engraving and painting.[9][5]

References

  1. ^ Mortzfeld, Peter (2011-07-20). Register 5: Orte (Geburts-, Sterbe- u. Tätigkeitsorte der Porträtierten) 2. Hälfte: M-Z (in German). Herzog August Bibliothek. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 98. ISBN 978-3-11-096145-4.
  2. ^ "Sandrart, Esther Barbara von". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  3. ^ Kritische Berichte - Volume 24 (in German). Anabas-Verlag. 1996. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Ontdek schilder, steensnijder Esther Barbara Bloemart". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Esther Barbara von Sandrart - geb. Bloemart Objekt - NHM Wien". Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural History Museum Vienna). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  6. ^ "Blommart, Anna Elisabeth geb. Salmuthin". The “Teutsche Academie” on Sandrart.net. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  7. ^ "TA 1675, Lebenslauf, S. 24". The “Teutsche Academie” on Sandrart.net. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  8. ^ Andresen, Andreas; Weigel, Rudolph (1973). Der deutsche Peintre-Graveur: oder die deutschen Maler als Kupferstecher von dem letzten Drittel des 16. Jh.s bis zum Schluss des 18. Jh.s (in German). Olms. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-487-04988-5.
  9. ^ "Portrait of Esther Barbara von Sandrart". The British Museum. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
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