SUPERB German School – 18th Century Gouache Painting ca. 1760 – Ziesar Castle

SUPERB Original Gouache Painting 18th Century – German School – Master Landscape – Identified in manuscript Bishop’s Residence, Ziesar Castle [ Brandenburg, Germany ] ca. 1760 For offer – a very nice piece of artwork! Fresh from an estate in Upstate NY. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, antique, Original – NOT a Reproduction – Guaranteed !! This magnificent, masterful work came from an old estate in Rochester, NY. I have 4 more I am listing tonight, which came all came together. Gouache on heavy laid paper, with thin paper cover attached at edge. In manuscript on cover: No. 76. Ziesar, eine ehemalige Bischofliche Residenz. No artist identified, but further research may provide tha answer. In Germany. Measures 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Because the work has been covered, the colors are fresh and vibrant. In very good condition. Light wear to edges. Please see photos and feel free to ask any questions. If you collect 18th century fine art history, European scenes, castle building / architecture, landscape, etc., this is a nice one for your paper or ephemera collection. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 2414 Ziesar Castle served the bishops of Brandenburg as permanent residence from the middle of the 14th century to the middle of the 16th century. The Ziesar Castle is one of the few surviving bishop residences in Brandenburg . The Niederungsburg is located on the southern edge of the small town of Ziesar , on the eastern bank of the Kobser Bach . Ziesar Castle was the residence of the Prince-Bishop of the Brandenburg Monastery and Bishop of the Brandenburg Diocese . History Ziesar Castle around 1860, hardly different from today, Alexander Duncker collectionZiesar was first mentioned in the foundation deed of the Brandenburg diocese in 948 as civitas ezeri . The emperor transferred the places Pritzerbe and Ziesar together with the surrounding lands to the diocese he had newly founded . [1] Since there was an uprising of the Slavs in 983 , in which Brandenburg and its surrounding areas and thus also Ziesar fell back into the hands of pagan Slavs, the bishops lived formally in continuous occupation from this time, but in exile in Magdeburg as titular bishops and had no rule over their territories in the east. This condition lasted for almost 200 years, until 1157 Albrecht the BearCould recapture Brandenburg. The castle in Ziesar became the secondary residence of the Bishops of Brandenburg. From 1213, Bishop Balduin had the swamp castle in the boggy area south of the city rebuilt using brick . At that time, Brandenburg an der Havel , Pritzerbe Castle and Ziesar were changing residences of the prince-bishops. The place Ziesar and some other places did not belong to the Mark Brandenburg , but as episcopal territory to the Hochstift Brandenburg. on the right stork tower of the outer bailey, behind it the hall and keepUnder Bishop Ludwig Schenk von Neindorf , the castle Ziesar, located on the important trade route, the Heerstraße Brandenburg – Magdeburg , was further expanded and after 1327 the permanent residence of the bishops of Brandenburg and administrative center for the diocese and the bishopric. The most important renovation of the castle to date was carried out by Bishop Dietrich IV , who held the church office from 1459 to 1472. During his reign, the castle chapel St. Peter and Paul , consecrated in 1470, was built and the residential buildings were converted into castle-like structures. Around the year 1535 Bishop was Matthias von Jagow to keepPut on a so-called bishop’s cap as a sign of ecclesiastical sovereignty over the castle. Under the Elector Joachim II the ownership changed fundamentally. In 1539 he introduced the Reformation in the Electorate of Brandenburg and a few years later, in 1560, with the secularization of the church in Ziesar, the elector passed over. The castle became the widow’s seat of the Brandenburg electoral family and the seat of the newly created electoral domain office Ziesar. Since 1691, after the tolerance patent of the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of 1685, the so-called » Edict of Potsdam «, Calvinist religious refugees from France, the Huguenots, came to the area around Ziesar. These subsequently used the castle chapel for their services. They painted over the medieval paintings in the chapel with white lime paint. In this way, the Huguenots inadvertently preserved the medieval paintings over the centuries. After the Calvinists had moved out of the castle chapel in 1830 as part of the Prussian church union of 1817 and now at the church services in the town church of St. Crucis participated, the castle chapel was used as a storage room at times. In 1819 the castle was sold to private owners. In 1829 the already badly damaged buildings in the outer bailey were demolished. Only the so-called stork tower and a small side gate of the original entrance to the outer bailey remained. In 1917, Ziesar Castle, together with the surrounding lands, was acquired from the manor owner Sachsenberg by the Privy Councilor of War Paul Schneider , and it was run as a farm until it was expropriated by the Soviet military administration in 1945. Intermediate building, keep, on the right the south building, former boarding school of EOS Ziesar, today seat of the Ziesar officeAfter the Second World War, refugees were initially housed in the castle. From 1955 to 1993, a boarding school for the extended secondary school Ziesar was operated in the buildings. At the time of the reunificationDue to the lack of renovation measures, the state of preservation of the castle and the associated facilities, including a swimming pool that was open to the public at the time and privately financed by the Secret War Councilor Schneider, was extremely poor. Initially, the boarding school was continued in the old rooms for a few years, regardless of the dilapidated building fabric. Eventually the boarding school was closed and the rooms were made available to the administration of the Ziesar office. In the following period, the repair of the plant was pushed ahead. Plant Gothic courtyard side of the palace Guardian figure at the gate passage Classically redesigned field side of the PalasThe most conspicuous building of Ziesar Castle is the 35 meter high castle keep made of field stones, which stands in the southeast of the complex. It has a segmental arched entrance from the courtyard, five narrow rectangular or pointed arched windows in the staircase and a so-called bishop’s cap, a guardroom on its top. The battlements of the old parapet can still be seen in front of this bishop’s cap . The castle keep can be climbed as a lookout tower . [2] To the right of the chapel is the palas of the castle. This is three storeys. In the inner courtyard you can see the remains of several generations of windows. The windows on the lower two floors have segmental arches. Here, however, one recognizes pre-existing pointed arched window generations. The windows on the top floor are rectangular and you can see segment-arched previous constructions. The wall in the courtyard is not plastered. You can see the masonry made of field and bricks. After the renovation in 1728, the outer facade of the palace has a baroque appearance. It is plastered. The plaster was painted a yellowish shade during the last renovation. Two ornate side elevations are striking. To the east of this main building is a two-storey wing that is now unplastered on the outside and inside. Here, too, both field stones and bricks were used. In the attic there is a bat dormer on the outside and inside . At the final gable you can see a half-timbered structure . The connection between the wing of the building and the castle keep is made by a modern glass connection. The southern end of the upper courtyard is a former administration building, in which the administration of the Ziesar office is located today. The building is renovated. The original masonry can be seen on some surfaces. A modern south wing was added to this building. In the lower courtyard there are still some partially expanded stables and farm buildings. Outside the main gate below the choir is a guardian figure of the chapel. This is a work from the studio of Alexander Calandrelli . Paul Schneider had acquired four such figures in the 1920s and placed them at the entrance to the castle. Today there are only two figures left in the castle. A second is in front of the so-called stork tower. This medieval defensive tower made of bricks stands about thirty meters from the passage to the courtyard in the park around the castle. It was built in the 15th century and is the last remaining part of the former outer bailey. [3] Chapel of St. Peter and Paul Chapel from the courtyard Portal of the chapelThe castle chapel of St. Peter and Paul is on the left or above the main entrance to the upper courtyard. It forms the western part of the northern boundary of this courtyard. It was built from red brick in the Gothic style . The southern step portal is striking . This is ogival in the inner part, with the ogival arch in the upper part is decorated with a tympanum . The lower edge of the tympanum forms a segmental arch. Below the tympanum, the door was added a little more so that the double wing door is given a rectangular shape. The outermost arch of the step portal is a keel arch with a striking finial. There is a four-part pointed arch window above the portal. The high pointed arch window to the right of the portal is also divided into four. The window to the left of the entrance is divided into three pointed arches. Between the windows and to the side of them there are vertical decorative elements that decorate the wall like pilaster strips. The western end of the chapel roof was constructed as a stepped gable . Inside the church there is a relief of saints behind the altar. The walls and the ogival vaulted ceiling are painted with rich decorations. A brick gallery extends on the western side and on round arches on the northern side. In the west wall there are two segmental veneers. The castle chapel of St. Peter and Paul has been used since 1952 by the Roman Catholic parish of Ziesar, which has grown from Silesian refugees and displaced persons. In the years 2002 to 2008, extensive restoration work was carried out inside the castle chapel. The wall paintings inside the church were brought to light again under the lime paint. The description of the art historian Udo von Alvensleben shows that the wall paintings were already visible under the whitewash in the 1930s : Inside of the chapel“At the castle of Ziesar, once a residence of the bishops of Brandenburg, I discover a late Gothic brick chapel, which is related to St. Stephan in Tangermünde and Brandenburg buildings. It is one of the most peculiar and beautiful interiors of the Nordic brick Gothic. Nobody ever comes to the very remote and completely unknown Ziesar. The chapel is completely empty, except for a bricked altar covered with a stone slab, above which a consecration relief with five saints from 1470 is embedded. The late Gothic painting is almost completely preserved – tracery ornaments, roses, fish-bubble patterns were shown – and covers the walls and vaults with an indefinite greenish tone. In addition, the warm, bluish red of the old brick and the strict, still original leaded glazing of the windows. A narrow wooden cross of noble proportions completes the straight choir wall. This chapel could coexist with the most famous in Christendom. … » – Udo von Alvensleben : Visits before the sinking [4]Usage The buildings of the castle include the headquarters of the Ziesar Office , the Museum of Brandenburg Church and Cultural History of the Middle Ages , the specialist library for Church and cultural history , the official library and a café. The castle chapel St. Peter and Paul is a church of the Catholic parish and is used for regular church services. Museum After five years of renovation work , which cost around 5.2 million euros , the Museum for Brandenburg Church and Cultural History of the Middle Ages was opened in the old castle on May 14, 2005. The museum focuses on the historical connections between Christianization and the formation of rule or the founding of a country in the Middle Ages . Library Building 2 in the lower courtyard, used by the librariesThe specialist library for church and cultural history and the official library of the Ziesar office are housed in a former farm building in the lower courtyard. The specialist library has more than 50,000 books. It was established as a specialist academic library for the training of pastors in the former GDR . The thematic focus is on theology and church history . The facility was founded in 1953. Brandenburg (/ˈbrændənbɜːrɡ/, also US: /ˈbrɑːndənbʊərk/,[5][6][7] German: [ˈbʁandn̩bʊʁk] (About this soundlisten); Low German: Brannenborg; Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska), sometimes Mark Brandenburg (″Mark″, German for frontier area), is a state in the northeast of Germany. With an area of 29,478 square kilometres (11,382 sq mi) and a population of 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth-largest German state by area and the tenth-most populous. Potsdam is the state capital and largest city, while other major towns include Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel and Frankfurt (Oder). Brandenburg surrounds the national capital and city-state of Berlin, and together they form the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, the third-largest metropolitan area in Germany. Brandenburg borders the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. Brandenburg originated in the Northern March in the 900s AD, from areas conquered from the Wends. It later became the Margraviate of Brandenburg, a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire. In the 15th century, it came under the rule of the House of Hohenzollern, which later also became the ruling house of the Duchy of Prussia and established Brandenburg-Prussia, the core of the later Kingdom of Prussia. From 1815 to 1947, Brandenburg was a province of Prussia. Following the abolition of Prussia after World War II, Brandenburg was established as a state by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, and became a state of the German Democratic Republic in 1949. In 1952, the state was dissolved and broken up into multiple regional districts. Following German reunification, Brandenburg was re-established in 1990 and became one of the five new states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Ziesar (German pronunciation: [tsiˈeːzaɐ̯]) is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km (15 mi) south-west of the city of Brandenburg. Sons and daughters of Ziesar Johannes AepinusJohannes Aepinus (1499-1553), theologian and church reformerPaul Schneider (1863-1946), the secret war councilor, farmer and the last private owner of Castle Ziesar from 1917 to 1945 Potsdam-Mittelmark is a Kreis (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring administrative units are (clockwise from the north) the district of Havelland, the free cities of Brandenburg and Potsdam, the state of Berlin, the district of Teltow-Fläming, and the districts of Wittenberg, Anhalt-Bitterfeld and Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt. Nearby towns : Towns and municipalities historic district administration building, BelzigAmt-free townsÄmterBeelitzBelzigTeltowTreuenbrietzenWerder (Havel) Amt-free municipalitiesGroß KreutzKleinmachnowKloster LehninMichendorfNuthetalSchwielowseeSeddiner SeeStahnsdorfWiesenburg1. Beetzsee Beetzsee1BeetzseeheideHavelsee2PäwesinRoskow2. Brück BorkheideBorkwaldeBrück1, 2GolzowLinthePlanebruch3. Niemegk MühlenfließNiemegk1, 2PlanetalRabenstein4. Wusterwitz BensdorfRosenauWusterwitz15. Ziesar BuckautalGörzkeGräbenWenzlowWollinZiesar1, 21seat of the Amt; 2town Medieval architecture is architecture common in the Middle Ages, and includes religious, civil, and military buildings. Styles include pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, and Gothic. While most of the surviving medieval architecture is to be seen in churches and castles, examples of civic and domestic architecture can be found throughout Europe, in manor houses, town halls, almshouses, bridges, and residential houses. Types Cloisters of Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France.Religious architectureMain article: Church architectureFurther information: Cistercian architectureThe Latin cross plan, common in medieval ecclesiastical architecture, takes the Roman basilica as its primary model with subsequent developments. It consists of a nave, transepts, and the altar stands at the east end (see Cathedral diagram). Also, cathedrals influenced or commissioned by Justinian employed the Byzantine style of domes and a Greek cross (resembling a plus sign), with the altar located in the sanctuary on the east side of the church. Military architecture Zvolen Castle in Slovakia strongly inspired by Italian castles of the fourteenth centuryMain articles: Castle and Tower houseSurviving examples of medieval secular architecture mainly served for defense. Castles and fortified walls provide the most notable remaining non-religious examples of medieval architecture. Windows gained a cross-shape for more than decorative purposes, they provided a perfect fit for a crossbowman to safely shoot at invaders from inside. Crenellated walls (battlements) provided shelters for archers on the roofs to hide behind when not shooting invaders. Civic architectureSee also: Romanesque secular and domestic architectureSee also: Gothic secular and domestic architectureWhile much of the surviving medieval architecture is either religious or military, examples of civic and even domestic architecture can be found throughout Europe. Examples include manor houses, town halls, almshouses and bridges, but also residential houses. StylesPre-Romanesque Early medieval secular architecture in pre-romanesque Spain: the palace of Santa María del Naranco, c.850.Main article: Pre-Romanesque art and architectureSee also: First RomanesqueEuropean architecture in the Early Middle Ages may be divided into Early Christian, Romanesque architecture, Russian church architecture, Norse architecture, Pre-Romanesque, including Merovingian, Carolingian, Ottonian, and Asturian. While these terms are problematic,[why?] they nonetheless serve adequately as entries into the era. Considerations that enter into histories of each period include Trachtenberg’s «historicising» and «modernising» elements, Italian versus northern, Spanish, and Byzantine elements, and especially the religious and political maneuverings between kings, popes, and various ecclesiastic officials. RomanesqueMain article: Romanesque architectureRomanesque, prevalent in medieval Europe during the 11th and 12th centuries, was the first pan-European style since Roman Imperial architecture and examples are found in every part of the continent. The term was not contemporary with the art it describes, but rather, is an invention of modern scholarship based on its similarity to Roman Architecture in forms and materials. Romanesque is characterized by a use of round or slightly pointed arches, barrel vaults, and cruciform piers supporting vaults. Romanesque buildings are widely known throughout Europe. The spread of Romanesque architecture through Europe has been described as «revolutionary». This style is sometimes called Anglo-Norman, though it continues under the Angevin and Plantagenet rulers. Motifs of Roman origin were common to Norman and Anglo-Saxon architectural styles, and usually broadly classed as «Romanesque», but can now be divided into two phases. The first phase from 1070 to 1100 has examples in great churches, cathedrals and monasteries, which were rebuilt in those years (surviving examples include the Durham Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral and the Peterborough Cathedral). The second phase runs from 1100 to 1170 when smaller churches were being built or renovated, and the style became more detailed and ornamental. Identifying these lesser churches faces the problem called the Saxo-Norman overlap where many Anglo-Saxon aspects are present in the masonry. The Church at Kilpeck is identified as 12th century based on its shallow and flat buttresses, emphatic corbel table and apse.[1] GothicMain article: Gothic architectureThe various elements of Gothic architecture emerged in a number of 11th and 12th century building projects, particularly in the Île de France area, but were first combined to form what we would now recognise as a distinctively Gothic style at the 12th century abbey church of Saint-Denis in Saint-Denis, near Paris. Verticality is emphasized in Gothic architecture, which features almost skeletal stone structures with great expanses of glass, pared-down wall surfaces supported by external flying buttresses, pointed arches using the ogive shape, ribbed stone vaults, clustered columns, pinnacles and sharply pointed spires. Windows contain stained glass, showing stories from the Bible and from lives of saints. Such advances in design allowed cathedrals to rise taller than ever. RegionsCentral Europe Malbork Castle in PolandMain article: Brick GothicMain article: Czech Gothic architectureMain article: Romanesque architectureSee also: Austrian Walled TownsByzantine EmpireMain article: Byzantine architectureBulgarian Empire Baba Vida, BulgariaMain article: Architecture of the Tarnovo Artistic SchoolScandinaviaMain article: Medieval Scandinavian architectureKievan RusMain articles: Architecture of Kievan Rus’ and Russian church architectureSee alsoMedieval Serbian architectureList of medieval stone bridges in GermanyList of medieval bridges in France Church architecture refers to the architecture of buildings of Christian churches. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, partly by innovation and partly by imitating other architectural styles as well as responding to changing beliefs, practices and local traditions. From the birth of Christianity to the present, the most significant objects of transformation for Christian architecture and design were the great churches of Byzantium, the Romanesque abbey churches, Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance basilicas with its emphasis on harmony. These large, often ornate and architecturally prestigious buildings were dominant features of the towns and countryside in which they stood. However, far more numerous were the parish churches in Christendom, the focus of Christian devotion in every town and village. While a few are counted as sublime works of architecture to equal the great cathedrals and churches, the majority developed along simpler lines, showing great regional diversity and often demonstrating local vernacular technology and decoration. Buildings were at first from those originally intended for other purposes but, with the rise of distinctively ecclesiastical architecture, church buildings came to influence secular ones which have often imitated religious architecture. In the 20th century, the use of new materials, such as steel and concrete, has had an effect upon the design of churches. The history of church architecture divides itself into periods, and into countries or regions and by religious affiliation. The matter is complicated by the fact that buildings put up for one purpose may have been re-used for another, that new building techniques may permit changes in style and size, that changes in liturgical practice may result in the alteration of existing buildings and that a building built by one religious group may be used by a successor group with different purposes.