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Martin Frobenius Ledermüller was a German lawyer and amateur naturalist, popularizer of natural sciences.
Ledermüller received a law degree and worked in bureaucratic and legal positions, and it was only at an advanced age that he was able to pursue his favorite occupation - science, to which he would devote himself fully in future studies. The results of his work are the first most beautifully illustrated books of the eighteenth century devoted to microscopes and research with them.
Ledermüller's famous work Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augenergötzungen was published in 1759 in French and Dutch and has been reprinted several times. The 158 beautifully illustrated pages show all sorts of natural objects, including shells, salts, plants and flowers, insects, human blood and urine viewed through a microscope. Several microscopes and their component parts are also illustrated.
Eduard von Grützner was a German painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He went down in the history of European art as a portrait painter and a brilliant master of genre.
Eduard von Grützner in most of his paintings depicted the life of monks, who usually appear to the audience in the images of merry rioters, leading a not ideal lifestyle. The public liked the original humorous style of the painter, and Grützner's work had many admirers.
Grützner was awarded the Royal Order of St. Michael and also received the title of honorary professor at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He also became a Knight of the Order of Civil Merit of the Bavarian Crown and received the title of nobleman, with the prefix "von" added to his last name.
Von Grützner is also known as a collector of art and antiques. For many years he collected masterpieces of the Gothic and Renaissance masters, and towards the end of his life he became interested in Far Eastern art.
