Imhoff, Johann Hieronymus
Besitzer Id00010016
EntitätstypPerson
GeschlechtMännlich
Biographische Angaben1595-1663
weitere InformationGrandson of Willibald Imhoff, great-grandson of Willibald Pirckheimer. He was judge in the Nuremberg courts, and he merried twice: in 1618 (with Maria Pfinzing, who died in 1637); in 1639 with the widow Dorothea Beck (Johann Gottfried Biedermann, 'Geschlechtsregister des Hochadelichen Patriciats zu Nürnberg' (1748), table CCXXXIX; Peter Fleischmann, 'Rat und Patriziat in Nürnberg' (2012)). H. H. Imhoff is known as the one who sold what remained of the most complete collection of Dürer works (already part of the Pirckheimer's collection). In the second quarter of the seventeenth century he started a 'Geheimbüchlein' (the 'secret book') of the Imhoff collection, a document which is unique in the history of collecting Dürer. 'In contrast to his predecessors, Hans Hieronymus Imhoff was eager to sell the remainder of the collection at any cost' (Bubenik, Reframing Dürer, 2013, p. 48). The dispersal of Pirckheimer Library had already begun (1634) but the bulk of the collection was purchased in 1636 by Lord Arundel (q.v.). [Created by A. Panzanelli; information provided by Randall Herz].
Andere NamensformenJohann Hieronymus I; Hans Hieronymus
Aktivität
Beginn (Jahr)1630
Ende (Jahr)1638
MARC Area Codee-gx
OrtNuremberg (Geonames Id: 2861650)
Beruf / Art der InstitutionUnbekannt
CharakterisierungAdel
Letzte Änderung2017-08-04 15:43:11