Julie von Egloffstein

Julie Countess Egloff Stone ( born September 12, 1792 in Erlangen, † January 16, 1869 in Marienrode ) was maid of honor, painter and illustrator.

Life

Julie Countess Egloff stone comes from the Frankish noble family of Egloffstein. Her mother Henriette Countess of Egloffstein Marriage (1773-1864) was unhappy. The mother was divorced in 1803. Henriette Countess of Egloffstein learned already in 1795 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe know and moved to Weimar, where already lived a part of the Egloff Stein's extended family and was in the ducal service with her five children in 1799.

Her older sister Caroline (1789-1868) was maid of honor at Erbherzogin Anna Amalia, she maid of honor at the Grand Duchess Luise. During this time, both daughters often frequented the house of Goethe, who was particularly fond of Julie and her poems dedicated. Also, the State Chancellor Friedrich Müller often saw her and encouraged her. With the participation of Goethe, who led the overall supervision of the Princely characters in Weimar as a privy councilor, Julie Countess Egloffstein developed a respected painter. She received her training, among others, Georg Friedrich Kersting in Meissen.

Julie traveled extensively at home and abroad, where it was admired in urban districts because of her beauty and her artistic talent. Egloff stone was repeatedly visited and stayed until her death in the actual home. After her mother had married in 1804 Carl von Beaulieu- Marconnay, who accepted in 1815 the Office of the Forestry Master in Hildesheim, the convent Marienrode was their home. 1826 she painted Goethe after several study sessions in two large oil paintings. Until 1829 she painted members of the Duke family in Weimar, the Bavarian King Ludwig I and Queen Therese. 1829 she traveled to Italy to study, was quickly appointed part of the German colony of artists in Rome, and an honorary member of the Roman Accademia di S. Luca.

1832 Julie returned Countess Egloff stone from Italy to Weimar back. The culmination of her work was in the following years. Towards the end of her life she remembered the painting more and more difficult, it was marked by a severe physical suffering. The miniature ' portrait woman Colditz ', for Christmas 1856 the two daughters of Maria Margareta Colditz, is regarded as her last work. Julie Countess Egloffstein died on January 16, 1869 unmarried in Marienrode near Hildesheim.

Importance

For her 200th birthday in 1992, the Roemer- und Pelizaeus - Museum Hildesheim and the Goethe National Museum in Weimar showed an exhibition of works by Julie Countess Egloff stone. In the castle Egloffstein her is decorated in honor of a room with easel and drawings.

Anecdotes

• Goethe asked by the somewhat pious Julie Egloffstein whether he also sometimes read the Bible, replied with a smile: "Oh, yes, my daughter, but unlike her." (F. Wehl: Last years of life )
• " Too bad you were maid of honor, you would be otherwise become a great painter. " ( Ludwig I of Bavaria in a letter to them)

Works (selection)

A detailed overview of the works can be found in Boetzkes, here is a selection:

• " Hagar and Ishmael in the desert "
• " The suspension of Moses "
• "Italian folk life "