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By Karen Ascani, Paola Buzi, Daniela Picchi
Popular for his paintings in the fields of Numismatics, Archaeology, Egyptology and Coptic experiences, Georg Zoëga was once a determine of exceptional value either in Rome and in Europe, on the finish of the eighteenth century. even though hugely valued by means of his contemporaries, Zoëga’s medical legacy fell nearly solely into oblivion with the tip of the Enlightenment. The Forgotten pupil: Georg Zoëga (1755-1819): on the sunrise of Egyptology and Coptic reviews represents an outstanding social gathering to rediscover the mostly unknown clinical legacy of this Danish pupil such as 1000's of letters, drawings, sketches, notes, and different records, quite often preserved within the Royal Library and within the Thorvaldsen Museum of Copenhagen.
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It testifies to the quality of Koës’ work that Welcker agrees with him on what should be published, and in only one case14 mentions that Koës has made an error in his assessment of the status of Zoega’s work. 16 Recently, Daniela Picchi has discovered and published important information on Egyptian antiquities in collections in Bologna and in the Veneto in one of Zoëga’s Travel diaries,17 which also gives unique insights into Zoëga’s working method in what seems to have been a project to survey all Egyptian 12 Welcker had published a small sample of the Topography in Zoegas Abhandlungen.
6; Andreasen, Ascani, Georg Zoëga, v, letter n. 1267b. 11 Schubart to Thorvaldsen, 3 March 1809. 5; Andreasen, Ascani, Georg Zoëga, v, n. letter 1267a. dk/dokumenter/ 28 Bøggild Johannsen the final account of his transactions and expenses (fig. 13 The detailed account confirms what is already known: 1) that a large sum of 3316 Scudi and 27 Bajocci was deposited in the care of the banker Schultheis; and 2) that the manuscripts were handed over to Koës. It does, however, add new information about the sale of Zoëga’s personal items.
Subject index to all Zoëga’s excerpts [ca. 1 Overview of Zoëga’s manuscripts in Copenhagen, The Royal Library, nks 357b fol. Georg Koës and Zoëga ’ s Manuscripts 19 considered that it was his remit simply to describe the material as it had been stowed into the chest by Thorvaldsen, and sealed. In The Royal Library in Copenhagen, Koës’ Danish catalogue in seventeen groups (i–xvii) with numerous sub- and sub-sub-sections, was abbreviated and reformulated in Latin and inscribed in the catalogue of the Manuscript Collection.