Heinrich von Bünau
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Imperial Count Heinrich von Bünau was a politician and historian from the Electorate of Saxony, now part of Germany.
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Dahlen Castle
Dahlen Hall painted by Adam Friedrich Oeser in 1756.
Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach with his Prime Minister Heinrich von Bünau on horseback by Johann Friedrich Löber, c. 1756, National Museum in Warsaw. The young duke was depicted before his main residence - Weimar City Castle.
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the differences between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. "The prophet and
Heinrich von Bünau
…some 42,000 volumes. It was housed at first in Dresden, then on his estate at Nöthnitz Palace, and he allowed public access to it. The archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann from Stendal worked at Nöthnitz between 1748 and 1754 as Bünau's secretary. "Probe einer genauer und umständlichen Teutschen Kayser- und Reichshistorie…
Portrait by Raphael Mengs, after 1755
Johann Joachim Winckelmann by Ferdinand Pettrich, 1866, Albertinum, Dresden
Johann Joachim Winckelmann by Friedrich Wilhelm Doell 1778, Museum of Old Masters, Dresden
Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann against classical landscape, after 1760 (Royal Castle in Warsaw)