Highlights
Model of the city of Munich
- Artist
- Johann Baptist Seitz, Franz von Seitz, Anselm Sickinger, Joseph Furtmayr
- Locality
- Munich
- Date
- 1841–1863
- Material
- Maple, pearwood, paper
- Dimensions
- D. 508 cm
- Location
- Gallery 54-56
- Inventory Number
- Modell 16.1-73
- Acquisition
- Assigned from the Royal Archive in 1867
- Epoch
- Nineteenth Century
- Categories
- Models
Description
Johann Baptist Seitz, the creator of this city model, was a multi-talented engraver at the topographical office, the forerunner of the Bavarian Surveying Office, who was looking for opportunities to an additional income. King Ludwig I was easily convinced by the idea of juxtaposing Sandtner's sixteenth-century model of Munich, which at the time was displayed in the Royal Archive of the Bavarian State Library, with a current model of the Royal Capital and Residence City. After all, with all his building and museum projects, he had set himself the goal of turning Munich into one of the most magnificent cities in Germany. And indeed, Ludwig I shaped the face of Munich like none of his predecessors and successors. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in this model.
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