Portrait of Jacob Burckhardt. A photographic image in the upper left corner shows him on his way across the Münsterplatz to the University of Basel.
Reverse description
The main motif is a window of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. The windows of this building are considered to be the most beautiful of the Renaissance, the epoch that holds a prominent position in Burckhardt`s work. The text passage in the background comes from the `Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen`. Above is a section of the Pergamon Altar (today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin). For Burckhardt, this altar is the central expression of Greek art and culture. The detail from the frieze shows the fight of the giants against the Olympic gods. In the background, the dome of the Pantheon in Rome is visible, of which Burckhardt had a picture in his study. At the bottom left is a graphic representing Jacob Burckhardt`s understanding of history. Burckhardt breaks down historical epochs by means of art changes in architecture, sculpture and painting and at the same time sets them in relation to state, religion and culture.
Signature(s)
Jakob Schönenberger, Hans Meyer, Jean-Pierre Roth, Bruno Gehrig, Hans Meyer, Hansueli Raggenbass, Jean-Pierre Roth, Niklaus Blattner, Philipp Hildebrand, Thomas J. Jordan, Jean-Pierre Danthine,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Jacob Burckhardt.
Obverse lettering
1000
Jacob Burckhardt 1818-1897
1000
Banknoten sind strafrechtlich
geschützt.
Las bancnotas èn protegias
dal dregt penal.
Tausend Franken
Milli Francs
SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK
BANCA NAZIUNALA SVIZRA
Reverse lettering
1000
Le président
du Conseil
Un membre de la
Direction générale
1000
Les billets de banques sont protégés
par le droit pénal.
Le banconote sono protette
dal diritto penale.
Mille Francs
Mille Franchi
Staat
Religion
Kultur
Revolutionszeitalter
Renaissance
Mittelalter
Antike
Skulptur
Architektur
Malerei
BANQUE NATIONALE SUISSE
BANCA NAZIONALE SVIZZERA
Jörg Zintzmeyer Z&L Orell Füssli Arts Graphiques SA Zürich
Banque nationale suisse
