Emblematische Gratulationsschriften, Stammbäume und Porträts von Dominik Franz Calin von Marienberg für das Haus Habsburg

Abstract

The paper discusses the emblematic congratulatory writings and family trees which Dominik Franz Calin von Marien- berg (1624–1683) created for Emperor Leopold I. As a poet, librettist, historiographer, genealogist, draughtsman, and painter, the educated and artistically talented Calin wrote panegyric essays and genealogical studies for the Bavarian prince-elector, Emperor Leopold I, and the Viennese court nobility, which he also partly illustrated. The manuscript Corona Immortalis Gloriae with Calin ̓s text and the emblems of Calin ̓s wife Maria Anna Sibylla Calin are analysed for the first time. Also important and practically overlooked is Calin ̓s contribution to the visualization of genealogical data. In 1666, Calin designed and painted a grand family tree, where he traced the origin of the Habsburg family to the Frankish King Pharamond of Troy, and concluded with portraits of Emperor Leopold I and Margaret Theresa of Spain. In the same year he also painted for the emperor a monumental painting including the portraits of emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from Charles the Great to Leopold I, Roman and Byzantine emperors, and the Ottoman sultans.

Keywords

• dominik franz calin von marienberg (1624–1683)
• maria anna sibylla calin
• the habsburgs
• genealogy
• family tree
• emblem
• art patronage