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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court Volume 2 Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Rulers & Elites comparative studies in governance Series Editor Jeroen Duindam (Leiden University) Editorial Board Maaike van Berkel (University of Amsterdam) Yingcong Dai (William Paterson University) Jean-Pascal Daloz (Maison Française, Oxford) Jos Gommans (Leiden University) Jérôme Kerlouégan (University of Oxford) Dariusz Kołodziejczyk (Warsaw University) Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University) Metin Kunt (Sabancı University) VOLUME 17/2 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/rule Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Jacopo Strada, frontispiece of the first volume of his Magnum ac novum opus, the numismatic corpus commissioned by Hans Jakob Fugger, 1550 (see Ch. 3.3, Fig. 3.22); Gotha, Forschungsbibliothek. Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court The Antique as Innovation VOLUME 2 The Musaeum The Antiquary and the Agent of Change Apparatus By Dirk Jacob Jansen leiden | boston Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the prevailing CC-BY-NC- ND License at the time of publication, which permits any non-commercial use, and distribution, provided no alterations are made and the original author(s) and source are credited. Cover illustration: Titian, Portrait of Jacopo Strada, 1567–1568; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Jansen, Dirk Jacob, 1953- author. Title: Jacopo Strada and cultural patronage at the imperial court : the antique as innovation / by Dirk Jacob Jansen. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] | Series: Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, ISSN 2211-4610 ; volume 17 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018039656 (print) | LCCN 2018045256 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004359499 (E-Book) | ISBN 9789004355262 (hardback : alk. paper : set) | ISBN 9789004385214 (hardback : alk. paper : vol. 1) | ISBN 9789004385221 (hardback : alk. paper : vol. 2) Subjects: LCSH: Strada, Jacobus, 1507-1588. | Antiquarians--Europe--Biography. | Architects--Europe--Biography. | Europe--Court and courtiers--Biography. | Art patronage--Europe--History--16th century. | Renaissance. | LCGFT: Biographies. Classification: LCC D226.8.S73 (ebook) | LCC D226.8.S73 J36 2018 (print) | DDC 709.2 [B] --dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018039656 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN 2211-4610 ISBN 978-90-04-35526-2 (hardback, set) ISBN 978-90-04-38521-4 (hardback, vol. 1) ISBN 978-90-04-38522-1 (hardback, vol. 2) ISBN 978-90-04-35949-9 (e-book) Copyright 2019 by Dirk Jacob Jansen. This work is published by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag. Koninklijke Brill NV reserves the right to protect the publication against unauthorized use and to authorize dis- semination by means of offprints, legitimate photocopies, microform editions, reprints, translations, and second- ary information sources, such as abstracting and indexing services including databases. Requests for commercial re-use, use of parts of the publication, and/or translations must be addressed to Koninklijke Brill NV. 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Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Memoriae Optimorum Parentum Joannis Jansen et Mariae Elizabethae van Breen ∵ Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Contents volume 2 Preface xv Acknowledgements xviii Acknowledgments of Financial Support Received xxi List of Abbreviations xxii Introduction: The Image—Or from Whom (Not?) to Buy a Second-Hand Car 1 0.1 The Portraits of Jacopo and Ottavio Strada 1 0.2 Why are These Portraits so Special? 4 0.3 Motions of the Mind 4 0.4 What is Known About Strada: Early Notices 9 0.5 Quellenkunde: Some Sources Published in the Nineteenth Century 15 0.6 Kulturgeschichte before World War II 19 0.7 Romance: Josef Svátek and the Rudolfine Legend 21 0.8 A (Very) Modest Place in the History of Classical Scholarship 24 0.9 Contemporary Scholarship 25 0.10 What Has Not Been Written on Jacopo Strada 37 0.11 Weaving the Strands Together: The Purpose of this Study 39 Part 1 ‘A Puero Enutritum et iam Olim Exercitatum’: Education and Early Experience 1 Early Years: Family Background, Education, Giulio Romano 45 1.1 Family Background 45 1.2 Mantua and the Gonzaga 50 1.3 Formal Education 54 1.4 Artistic Training 57 1.5 Giulio’s Collections 60 1.6 Early Training as a Goldsmith? 63 1.7 Significance of his Mantuan Background for Strada’s Development 65 Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> x Contents 2 Travel: Rome, Landshut, Nuremberg—Strada’s Connection with Wenzel Jamnitzer 67 2.1 Early Travels 67 2.2 Residence in Germany 69 2.3 The Landshut Hypothesis 71 2.4 Romance in Franconia: Strada’s Marriage and his Settling in Nuremberg 79 2.5 Strada and Wenzel Jamnitzer 83 3 In Hans Jakob Fuggers’s Service 107 3.1 Hans Jakob Fugger 107 3.2 Fugger as a Patron and Collector 114 3.3 Fugger’s Employment of Strada 121 3.4 Architectural Patronage for the Fuggers: The Donauwörth Studiolo 134 3.5 Strada’s Trips to Lyon 137 3.6 Strada’s Contacts in Lyon: Sebastiano Serlio 149 3.7 Civis Romanus: Strada’s Sojourn in Rome 156 3.8 Commissions and Purchases: The Genesis of Strada’s Musaeum 174 3.9 Departure from Rome 183 4 Antiquario Della Sacra Cesarea Maesta: Strada’s Tasks at Court 188 4.1 Looking for Patronage: Strada’s Arrival at the Imperial Court 188 4.2 The Controversy with Wolfgang Lazius 200 4.3 ‘Obwol Ir.Maj. den Strada selbst dier Zeit wol zu geprauchen’: Strada’s Tasks at Court 210 4.4 Indirect Sources Throwing Light on Strada’s Employment at Court 242 4.5 Conclusion 248 Part 2 ‘Ainem Paumaister bey unnsern Gebewen’: Jacopo Strada as an Imperial Architect 5 Jacopo Strada as an Imperial Architect: Background 251 5.1 Introduction: The Austrian Habsburgs as Patrons of Architecture 251 Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> Contents xi 5.2 The Prince as Architect: Ferdinand I and Maximilian II as Amateurs and Patrons of Architecture 255 5.3 ‘Adeste Musae’: Maximilian’s Hunting Lodge and Garden in the Prater 290 5.4 The Imperial Residence: Status quo at Strada’s Arrival 307 5.5 The Architectural Infrastructure at the Imperial Court 319 5.6 Strada’s Competence as an Architect 331 6 Strada’s Role in Projects Initiated by Emperor Ferdinand I 339 6.1 The Hofspital 340 6.2 The Tomb of Maximilian I in Innsbruck 343 6.3 Interior Decoration 350 6.4 The Tanzhaus 352 6.5 The Stallburg 355 7 An Object Lesson: Strada’s House in Vienna 367 8 The Munich Antiquarium 383 8.1 The Commission 383 8.2 The Design of 1568 391 8.3 The Concept 393 8.4 Strada’s Project: The Drawings 398 8.5 Strada’s Project: The Building 401 8.6 The Interior Elevation 407 8.7 The Exterior Elevation and its Models 411 8.8 Conclusion: Strada’s Role in the Creation of the Antiquarium 421 9 The Neugebäude 430 9.1 The Tomb of Ferdinand I and Anna in Prague; Licinio’s Paintings in Pressburg 431 9.2 Kaiserebersdorf and Katterburg 432 9.3 Sobriety versus Conspicuous Consumption 437 9.4 Hans Jakob Fugger’s Letter 438 9.5 Description of the Complex 441 9.6 The Personal Involvement of Emperor Maximilian II 455 9.7 Ottoman Influence? 463 9.8 Classical Sources: Roman Castrametatio and the Fortified Palace of Diocletian at Split 467 9.9 Classical Sources: Monuments of Ancient Rome 480 9.10 Contemporary Italian Architecture 489 Dirk Jacob Jansen - 9789004359499 Downloaded from Brill.com10/05/2021 01:26:43PM via free access <UN> xii Contents 9.11 Strada’s Contribution 500 9.12 Conclusion: Strada’s Role in the Design of the Neugebäude 507 10 Other Patrons of Architecture 514 10.1 The Courtyard of the Landhaus in Graz 514 10.2 The Residence for Archduke Ernest 517 10.3 Other Patrons: Vilém z Rožmberk 520 10.4 Jan Šembera Černohorský z Boskovic and Bučovice Castle 524 10.5 Christoph von Teuffenbach: The House in Vienna and the Castle at Drnholec 530 10.6 Reichard Strein von Schwarzenau and the Castle at Schwarzenau 534 10.7 Conclusion 542 volume 2 Part 3 The Musaeum 11 The Musaeum: Strada’s Circle 547 11.1 Strada’s House 547 11.2 High-ranking Visitors: Strada’s Guest Book and Ottavio’s Stammbuch 548 11.3 ‘Urbanissime Strada’: Accessibility of and Hospitality in the Musaeum 554 11.4 Intellectual Associates 556 11.5 Strada’s Confessional Position 566 11.6 Contacts with Members of the Dynasty 570 12 The Musaeum: its Contents 576 12.1 Introduction 576 12.2 Strada’s own Descriptions of his Musaeum 577 12.3 Strada’s Acquisitions